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Proceeding contribution from Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 31 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill.


London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

I may need to write to the noble Lord about that degree of detail. In broad terms, I emphasise that we expect the development of the Olympic Games to be a trailblazer achievement for this country in all respects. By 2012, the last time that we hosted the games will have been 64 years ago. We hosted those games under wartime privation; we hope to conduct these games in far happier times. The heart of the Olympic bid was the trailblazing quality of its provision, particularly for social inclusion. Disability provision was crucial. The ODA will be bound by the terms of the Olympic planning permissions, and it requires the production of an access-for-all framework, as I emphasised in my opening remarks. We have our objectives. Even if we had not won the bid, we would have—as we do—ambitious legislation for increased opportunity for the disabled, and our legislation will undoubtedly be improved as the years go by. The Olympic Games impose an additional demand on us. In winning the bid, we had to tell the International Olympic Committee that we would meet Olympic planning permissions related to access-for-all. We did meet those specifications, and it was a crucial part of our winning bid. I assure the Committee that in doing so we set up a significant series of criteria that we had to meet. I had sought not to bore the Committee by listing them all; it would take me an extensive period of time. I am prepared to include those in a note to the noble Lord, and I am sure that he will then be satisfied.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
678 c81-2GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Related items
Deposited Paper HDEP 2006/074
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Subjects
Access Disability Conditions of employment Audit Construction Council tax Finance Land Environment Greater London Greater London Authority Infrastructure Government assistance Franchises Facilities Public appointments Planning Olympic Games Railways Railway network Mayor of London Paralympic Games Transport Sustainable development Sports Transport for London Rolling stock London 2012 Organising Committee Olympic Delivery Authority
Legislation
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill 2005-06
Link
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