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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 17 December 2014

John Biggs AM: Unfortunately, most of my time has been taken by a Member making unscripted interventions, because we did plan our time for today. I will try to be very brief. I have two areas. One is about what we call ‘cliff edges’ and it relates to the experience of the LLDC, where the purpose of the Olympics and its legacy is to benefit a far wider area. In answer to Stephen Knight [AM] who said that MDC money can be spent outside this area providing it meets its object, of course that begs the question of what the...

• Reference: 2001/0203-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What is the LDA doing to facilitate the development of London's river crossings? .

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The first proposal for a river crossing at Gallions Reach was made somewhere in the 1930s, so we are heading towards the 70th anniversary of this proposal. I don't want to make a speech here but there are three questions. My good colleague Len Duvall, who is one of your deputy chairs is, of course, in a leading role on this. The first is that there is some concern in East London that this is a bit of hot potato and that while people support the principle, we are not too sure whether it is actually going to go ahead...