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• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

My question follows on from what Tony Arbour and Bob Blackman were saying. You said that you have interviewed existing staff but you have not interviewed staff who no longer work for the organisation, one of whom, Maxine Jones, also made some allegations. There were two whistleblowers: Brenda Stern and Maxine Jones. You have said, 'The review has found that this allegation is incorrect'. In order to reach that conclusion it would seem to me that you would have to talk to both of those two people.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 16 January 2008

My question follows on from what Tony Arbour and Bob Blackman were saying. You said that you have interviewed existing staff but you have not interviewed staff who no longer work for the organisation, one of whom, Maxine Jones, also made some allegations. There were two whistleblowers: Brenda Stern and Maxine Jones. You have said, 'The review has found that this allegation is incorrect'. In order to reach that conclusion it would seem to me that you would have to talk to both of those two people.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

Just thinking beyond the Olympics and who actually manages the Olympic Park, I think that is very critical for the legacy for a number of reasons. It will have state of the art sporting facilities, a park, waterways and I do hope it will still be democratically responsive to Londoners. I wondered if you have got any views from all three organisations, given that our colleagues from the local authorities have already expressed their views to some extent when I last raised this issue when they were here?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

OK, and just to add to the confusion, I think the Government Office for London have got a role in there somewhere.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

I dare say your specialism is larger capital programmes. Youth services is the softer end; it is kind of more social, community type outputs. I am just not totally convinced you have got a track record in that. How are you going to buy into that sector and who are you going to be working with?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 10 November 2007

I am glad you picked out the issues around housing because is there a risk of confusion with the Housing Corporation regional office for London coming over to the Mayor? I just want to be clear that you are not cutting over each other's ground and causing confusion.

• Question by: Peter Hulme Cross
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

My question is to Manny Lewis really. I want to ask you. What is your plan B, regarding the Manor Gardens Allotments? Because the architects clearly overlooked them in the original plan, Waltham Forest do not want them, and I would now like to know what you intend to do.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Thank you, Manny, for being comprehensive in your response. If I could just go into some of the specifics. The skills provisions that you touched on - what kind of areas are we talking about in terms of the economy that you think that 30 per cent of Londoners of working age that are workless are best bettered to get into the labour market?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

OK, and finally you mentioned earlier that London is relatively under-funded for all these interventions. At the same time we have all the two city strategies that you mentioned. Is that the best way of actually increasing intervention nationally?

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

If 30 per cent of working age Londoners are workless, what kind of skill provisions do you think are best targeted at them?