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  • Going for Green

    • Reference: 2010/0204-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 08 December 2010
    What new efforts are you making to ensure a sustainable Games in the light of the recommendations in the Assembly's "Going for Green" report?
  • Going for Green (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 08 December 2010
    First I would like to say that I was part of the visit recently to the venue and I thought it was absolutely amazing, so well done to David and John and thank you to Paul for showing us round. That was very generous of your time. That is the nice bit! Now where I think you are failing, Seb and Paul; you mentioned catering. Over the years I have written you lots of letters about the food and I started to narrow my ambition on what I can achieve, so I would just like to talk about chicken. In...
  • 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...