Clause 20 - Enforcement: power of entry
London Olympics Bill
12:00 pm
Hugh Robertson (Shadow Minister (Sport), The Family & Culture, Media & Sport; Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative)
Thank you, Mr. Amess. There are three items on which we should welcome some assurance from the Minister. First, can he tell us, on the basis of the experience either in Athens or Sydney, what size the enforcement force will be? How many people are likely to be involved in it? Secondly, how precisely will it co-operate with the police in bringing prosecutions? Thirdly, I should like to confirm what I was told at some stage in a briefing on the matter, that the force would be funded by LOCOG. Can the Minister confirm that, and that the cost will not fall on the London taxpayer?