Another cyclist, Labour's Lord Haskel, believed the biggest issue was the lack of separate road space for road users.

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Lord Haskel called on the government to persuade the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) "to lift their ban immediately".

BBC: Peer attacks 2012 Olympics organisers

The new peer was contributing to a short debate led by Labour's Lord Haskel on steps the government is taking to encourage low carbon technologies in the market place.

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His comments came during question time on 29 November 2010, in response to Labour's Lord Haskel, who asked about the state of the building, including the "walls, foundation and roof".

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As peers held their daily question session with government ministers on 22 May 2012, Lord Haskel tabled a question asking "why British companies who have supplied innovative products to the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are unable to publicise those products in order to gain further business".

BBC: Peer attacks 2012 Olympics organisers

Lord Haskel protested that there were suppliers who had "no wish to use the logo... no wish to use the Olympic rings" but wanted to "use the Olympics as a shop window for the products... which they have supplied, to go out and get further orders from other countries".

BBC: Peer attacks 2012 Olympics organisers