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• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Thank you for that answer, but you will recall that one of the issues that was raised at the five-borough planning meeting was the legacy. Really my question is about what guarantees we are building in to ensure that facilities that are built really can have the revenue in order that they can carry on, and we are not left in a position with so-called `white elephants- around the place.

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Can I just press you: when you say "sign off" and "your assurance," we hear this, and people in Hackney and in east London have heard this time and time again, so can you just dig deeper? What do you mean? What guarantees are there that there will be a revenue stream and that these jobs that are created will stay local? I do not get a sense of what is happening and who is going to be leading. Will the LDA be leading on behalf of the Mayor to ensure that the legacy is longer than the Games?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Can I just take you round to the people. One of the riches of the city and one of the riches of the Games pitch is the diversity and the ethnic minority communities that are at the heart of this area of London. What guarantees do they have that they will be seen as part of a future in terms of jobs, or will they only be brought out to serve at the banquets?

• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Following on from that, all the legacy assurances and promises we have heard here today will all be handed over to an independent bid company. Could you just tell us about this company's accountability to the Mayor? How will we, then, as Members of the London Assembly have access to this company?

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

You actually said, `There will be no permanent or temporary facility built in Hackney Marshes.'

• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

Jenny Jones (AM): Well, that is not what local people think.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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...

• 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'?