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.