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  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [42]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    Richard Barnes (AM): That is a bit strange then because Murziline Parchment and her researcher, Christopher Fleming, went to New York to the New York City Cities Conference on 17 January, and the International Relations Unit prepared a briefing note for her which says -,`Tokyo has been a partner city for some time, but the cities are yet to work together on any projects' and that was January 2006 the agreement was reached. `The Governor of Tokyo' - and I quote directly from the briefing note - `Shiin Taro Ishihara is very right wing. Ken and he have met and...

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [43]

    • Question by: Bob Neill
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    I think they do rather more than that though. What about the political sections. Any advice asked as to the handling of the trip?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [44]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    That thought had actually occurred to me as well, that it is included in the figures, and I think most people would regard it as international.

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [45]

    • Question by: Bob Neill
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    So he did not accompany him?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [46]

    • Question by: Sally Hamwee
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    So this is a relationship between cities, because I was not sure whether promoting our position within the EU came within promotion, which was one of your three top priorities?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [47]

    • Question by: Bob Neill
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    I am glad for the confirmation that it was said. But what I want to ask is this; have you got an international relations section, or advisors in the Mayor's Office?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [48]

    • Question by: Bob Neill
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    OK. I assume somebody - the structure may not matter - is responsible for briefing the Mayor in advance of his going on the foreign trips?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [49]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    I can give you two or three reasons why. For example, the old colonial links do mean the Stock Exchanges between London and Hong Kong are quite well established. Dubai; the gold markets are critical there. You would be surprised how much the Asian community uses them out there when they are travelling through. Singapore clearly is the hub of East Asia.

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [50]

    • Question by: Richard Barnes
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    So he was not in New York, and he has not met Mayor Bloomberg?

  • Strategy for GLA International Relations (Supplementary) [51]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 14 March 2007
    This is a question directed at John Ross. You have mentioned BRIC quite a lot; Russia, India and China. What happened to Brazil? I am trying to work out in your international relation strategy for the GLA and the Mayor's Office whether approaches have been made to the Brazilians, given that they are a major exporter of bio fuels and ethanol. They are clearly a big player in some of the things that we want to do. I am not sure for what reasons they were dropped off the four countries that make up BRIC.