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• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Yes, Chair. I am impressed the Mayor has created another functional body: Bacon for London! I have three areas of questioning - very briefly. The first is you are trying to clutch some sort of victory out of the jaws of defeat, I would suggest. The Government effectively abolished both the budgets and the entities of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) last year, while accepting that City Hall is going to have some economic regeneration capacity. I pay tribute to you personally because I know you have been scrambling in the background to try to persuade it that it made...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Yes, Chair. I am impressed the Mayor has created another functional body: Bacon for London! I have three areas of questioning - very briefly. The first is you are trying to clutch some sort of victory out of the jaws of defeat, I would suggest. The Government effectively abolished both the budgets and the entities of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) last year, while accepting that City Hall is going to have some economic regeneration capacity. I pay tribute to you personally because I know you have been scrambling in the background to try to persuade it that it made...

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 16 March 2011

Thank you, Chair. Cruel fate has dictated that I lead on this as well! I am very grateful for your opening comments. Can you tell us what progress you have made in your discussions with the boroughs in particular on how they might be affected, particularly on the planning powers?

• Reference: 2007/0059-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

In 2005-06 the two highest salaries paid by the LDA were one salary in the range £190-200k and one salary in the range £130-£140k. In 2006-07 the LDA paid two salaries in the range £210-£220k. Which posts attracted these salaries, and how do you justify increases of approximately 10% and 60% respectively in the two highest salaries at a time when average pay increases were closer to 3%?

• Reference: 2007/0060-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

In 2005-06 the LDA had 66 employees paid in excess of £50,000 per annum. By 2006-07 this had increased to 107. How do you justify this increase? How many salaries in excess of £50k are being paid in 2007-08?

• Reference: 2007/0061-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

There is clear evidence from Athens and other Olympic cities that hosting the Olympic Games has a severe negative impact on visitor levels. Has Visit London undertaken any studies of this phenomenon and what will it be doing to limit damage to the adversely affected tourist industry in 2012?

• Reference: 2007/0062-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

The Mayor has stated that airport expansion should be "sustainable". How do you define "sustainable" in the context of airport expansion?

• Reference: 2007/0063-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

On what basis does the LDA provide funding for events like the London Fashion Week? Is there any calculation for funding based on how successful the particular industry is financially and whether that industry could provide its own support?

• Reference: 2006/0208-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

How is the LDA responding to the review of the Mayor's powers?

• Reference: 2006/0209-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

What evidence has been drawn so far of the economic development benefits of the Agency's childcare projects?