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  • Living wage (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 08 September 2005
    Finally, you mentioned as well that it is not just about tackling the issue of low pay here, but it is making sure that people are paid a decent wage for all work done in relation to the Olympics. Therefore, in terms of merchandise being imported and so on, will you be making sure that there are guarantees that that is not through sweatshop labour, and that there are principles of fair trade, fair pay, and so on incorporated into that?

  • Zero waste / zero carbon Games (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    It is not going to deliver unless specific projects have specific targets. You can have a high-flying overall statement, but unless specific projects deliver'

  • Zero waste / zero carbon Games (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Have specific targets been set that apply to specific projects or to the Games as a whole?

  • Zero waste / zero carbon Games (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Will all new facilities be powered only from renewables?

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    You actually said, `There will be no permanent or temporary facility built in Hackney Marshes.'

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [6]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Jenny Jones (AM): Well, that is not what local people think.

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [7]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    `Temporary' is two years. You are moving that football club on, that's Sunday league, for two years.

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [8]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Let us look at the cost, then. It is expensive to start taking green space and then reconstitute it. Why not just leave it and find another option?

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    It has actually proven quite difficult for me to sit here and listen, and not stand up and shout, `rubbish,- because you are talking about environmental sustainability, you are talking about legacy in east London, and yet you are planning to tarmac over a piece of Hackney Marshes: East Marsh... You are ignoring the wishes of the local people, who have come up with several other options instead of tarmacking over a piece of green space. Why are you not consulting the local people? I can give you three suggestions. I have a map and can point to these places...

  • Lessons learnt (Supplementary) [10]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 13 October 2004
    Why not save yourself the money of building a car park? Why not make that space beautiful without'?