• Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Thank you for that, Barbara. But, let me just push you. Are you saying that at this stage you do not envisage any large infrastructural build? I say this because I had a meeting with a number of people across London and they find that hard to believe, given what we have seen from other Olympics, and given what we have seen in Barcelona, when that stadium was not used; and given that we know that the Sydney stadium is empty unless there is a major game. So it is about assurance. Londoners would be quite happy if you are...

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 15 October 2003

Yes, there is a decline in sporting facilities. How can you stop the Olympics from diverting the already scarce funds into elite provision? We have had evidence at the Culture Committee that people who need them most will not benefit from what will be needed by the Olympics in the way of training places.

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I am bothered by Camden, where it is opposed by practically everybody including the Civic Society, the Architects' Forum, and all the residents and businesses there. We are just worried that we will see these types of corporate, soulless developments all over London, with the destruction of the local community.

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

You are saying that the objective is to make more money, rather than to take into account any local impact on business in the area?

• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

I am simply wondering how Mr O'Toole would ensure that any surplus generated by developing Tube assets is not taken away from the Tube and reinvested in the rest of the transport network. Your opening comment was that you wanted to see such assets developed to improve the Tube, but there is always a risk that they will be taken away and spent on buses, for example. Is that an issue for you, or are you a corporate player who is happy to sacrifice the Tube for the greater good of London?

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

• Question by: Noel Lynch
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

And if the public are totally against it?

• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

Just a technical supplementary: you said that the freehold remains with the public sector, with TfL. Can you summarise for us the extent of the leasing arrangements, in terms of the practical day to day ownership and control of the stations? I am interested in this `capturing the development gain" point.

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

We would quite like some boats at Rotherhithe that were cheap and affordable.

• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 11 June 2003

We on the Transport Committee have been asking a lot of questions about riverboats and the potential for development of public transport services on the river as part of the Transport Strategy. Although we hear there are issues and competition with tourist boats, nobody has said anything to me that actually explains why we do not have a major programme of development of river transport to supplement our public transport services. It seems to me to be a matter of political and management will not being there. Is this something you are going to take on board? If not, why...