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• Reference: 2005/1795
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 14 September 2005

Further to our discussion at May's Mayor's Question Time, can you tell me more about the buffer zones that you intend to add to the existing congestion change boundary if the western extension is put into place? Will this benefit my constituents who live immediately outside the zone, but have not been given the discount proposed for west Londoners?

• Reference: 2005/0348-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

(a) Can you clarify how the ODA's powers of direction over TfL will operate? (b) If the ODA is able to fund major transport projects related to the Olympic Games, how will this affect TfL's current funding arrangements?

• Reference: 2005/0364-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Who will have responsibility for planning and delivering the cultural and education programmes of the Olympic Games?

• Reference: 2005/0365-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Can you provide details of the works relating to the North London Line mentioned in Annexe 2 of Mayoral Approval Form MA2353?

• Reference: 2005/0367-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Can you provide details of the likely environmental impact of the deep bore tunnels project mentioned in Annexe 2 and Annexe 4 of Mayoral Approval Form MA2353? Will it have a particular impact on my constituents in Hackney Wick and residents of West Ham where the two substations are based?

• Reference: 2005/0369-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

a) Local conservation groups in Hackney have raised concerns about the environmental responsibilities of the Olympic Delivery Authority. Can you set out who will be responsible for delivering the environmental legacy and how much it is expected to cost? (b) Can you assure the people of Hackney that East Marsh will be restored to parkland after the Olympic Games? Are you able to give a timescale for this and for the further improvements they have been promised, specifically a land bridge, improved football facilities and replacement land for Arena Fields?

• Reference: 2005/0371-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

A company in Waltham Forest who make products for the construction industry have contacted me because they are worried that although they are on the doorstep of the Olympic site, the main contractors could be free to source products from anywhere in the world. What can be done to ensure that local manufacturing jobs are boosted by the Olympic Games?

• Reference: 2005/0363-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Obviously the ODA's main objective will be to deliver an excellent Olympic Games. Bearing in mind Pierre de Coubertin's vision of Olympism as a whole "philosophy of life", would you agree with me that we also need to be clear about who is charged with bringing about the broader legacy in terms of regeneration, environment, culture and education?

• Reference: 2005/0370-1
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

The dramatic fall in youth crime in Newham that has been attributed to the activities around the Olympic bid has proved what sport can do for our communities. What is being done to replicate this success in the other Olympic boroughs and across London?

• Reference: 2005/1429
• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 20 July 2005

I welcome Transport for London's accessible buses advertising campaign, but can you update me on: A) The current proportion of wheelchair ramps that are in working order. B) What research is being carried about the impact of driver training and the experience of disabled passengers using London buses? And C) Will TfL be responding to the worrying findings of the RNID report 'Transport for all: A report into deaf and hard of hearing people's experiences of transport in London'?