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• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Can I just ask what you and Visit London are doing about increasing the number of hotel rooms in London? Particularly as we move forward to 2012, it is going to be a very important issue. A very important issue would be the standard of these rooms and also the cost. Will you be investigating hotel companies that actually put their room costs up to an exorbitant rate as they move towards 2012?

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

It is not the fault of the education system. The educators will know that if young people have manual skills and are not academic, they can, at the end of their education, push them in the that direction, but there is nowhere to push them to because there are not enough training places. We do not have trade colleges now, we do not have apprenticeship schemes. It is really quite serious and it is about time certain people woke up to this. The Learning and Skills Council have done a very, very poor job in this area and we cannot...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Thank you very much. I am going to ask this question about hidden cost and also a capacity issue for the whole of London, not just east London. I wonder whether, in fact, you have been in discussion with London NHS as to capacity, and how it could bear an influx of a huge number of people. There will be people who will be ill; there will be people who will have accidents. Now, London's hospitals carry a very, very high bed occupancy, with hardly any spare room. Are you discussing this problem with London NHS?

• Reference: 2004/0334-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Wandsworth receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Wandsworth householders?

• Reference: 2004/0335-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Merton receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Merton householders?

• Reference: 2004/0336-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What guarantees have been received from Government that the transport infrastructure will be funded sufficiently, without putting an extra burden on London's tax payers, should London win the bid?