London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Bill

I hear what the noble Lord says. He or she will attend all meetings and will be expected to report. There is no doubt that the report of the ODA chair will be of great significance to the Olympic board in the overall consideration of the project. The noble Lord will recognise that we are being extremely careful in the composition of the board. He will also recognise the significance of those figures. We believe that the structure is right and that the ODA chair attends all meetings but in a reporting function. It is a non-governmental public body, so it has a particular relationship with the Secretary of State in the way it spends public money. We do not put such chairs on an overall governing body in those terms. Obviously, on their own body they play that role, but when they are reporting they are answerable for the work they have done. That is the reason for this structure.