(R.60) CRYSTAL PALACE MULTIPLEX - CPC Press Release 8 May 2001

HOW THE MAIN PARTY CANDIDATES SHAPE UP

They were:

1. If elected, will you promote a Bill to transfer Crystal Palace Park to the Greater London Authority and to prevent its use for cinemas, pubs, a bowling alley, an amusement arcade, a nightclub, a casino, a bingo hall or similar uses?
2. If elected, will you seek the revocation of the planning permission for the multiplex on the grounds of lack of environmental assessment, to resolve the European Commission's complaint?
3. If elected, will you work to bring the community and funding agencies together to seek an environmentally sensitive future for Crystal Palace Park?

HOW THE CANDIDATES ANSWERED (see table below)

(N) = those who didn't give us the courtesy of a reply were presumed to have answered No.

(-) = replied, but deferred to constituencies closest to park.

*Claims to have replied, reply not received.

Constituency	Party	Response
		Question 1	Question 2	Question 3
Dulwich & West Norwood
Jenny Jones	Green	Y	Y	Y
Tessa Jowell	Labour	N	N	Y
Caroline Pidgeon	Lib Dem	N	N	Y
Nicholas Vineall	Conservative	Y	Y	Y
Croydon Central
Paul Booth	Lib Dem	(N)	(N)	(N)
David Congdon	Conservative	(---)	(-)	(-)
Geraint Davies	Labour	YYY	(Y)	(Y)
Croydon North
Simon Allison	Conservative	N	Y	Y
Sandra Lawman	Lib Dem	N	N	Y
Malcolm Wicks	Labour	Y	Y	Y
Beckenham
Alex Feakes	Lib Dem	N	N	N
Jacqui Lait	Conservative	*(N)	*(N)	*(N)
Karen Moran	Green	Y	Y	Y
Richard Watts	Labour	(---)	(-)	(-)
Lewisham West
Jim Dowd	Labour	Y	Y	Y
Gary Johnson	Conservative	(N)	(N)	(N)
Richard Thomas	Lib Dem	(N)	(N)	(N)
Streatham
Keith Hill	Labour	(N)	(N)	(N)
Stephen Hocking	Conservative	(N)	(N)	(N)
Roger O'Brien	Lib Dem	(N)	(N)	(N)

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