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• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

But to paraphrase what you said, Paul, it is suggested to me that we will not see any extra facilities, as a result of having training facilities here. All we will see is maybe some improvements to existing facilities.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Lord Coe, you have gone on record as saying that the Olympics is not about budgets and additional infrastructure, it is about ambition and legacy. How is the current row over the budget for the main Olympic Stadium actually having an effect on the legacy, for example, for the main Olympic Stadium?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Well, the report suggests that the requirement for legacy, ie reducing the capacity of the stadium, is driving the increasing costs. And I think that is a terribly important issue --

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

Reports are saying that the main contractor is coming back and saying that the cost of the Olympic Stadium has doubled. Can you confirm that?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

One of the areas, of course, that you refer to, and I think we can build on, is providing training facilities for teams coming to the Olympics. They need first rate facilities, but could be built all over London and therefore be a lasting legacy for Londoners, be they from the west or east, north or south, to participate in sport later. Can you give us a guarantee about what the plan is for rolling that out?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 15 February 2007

I am moving outside of the five Olympic boroughs to the whole of the rest of London, to look at what the sporting legacy can be for the rest of London.

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Has there come a conflict between the different parties yet and if so, how has that been resolved?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

I agree completely over the decision-making. Do you have the power of veto over a decision made by the ODA?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

Let us come back to the legacy issues and the day to day decision-making that is going on because one of the areas that we have had interesting discussions about is how those decisions are made. So, how involved are you in the day-to-day decision-making around the position of creating the legacy for the Games?

• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 10 October 2006

But are you content that the in-venue security budget is sufficient, given what you know now?