In fact, the committee expressed surprise that Lord Patten's knowledge of the BBC's output on television and radio was limited, but considered him a suitable candidate forthepost.
"However, having questioned Lord Patten, we consider him a suitable candidate forthepost and we look forward to working with him in the future, " the MPs' report added.
The need to resort to contingency funding to build the village forced planning changes that will actually make the buildings more suitablefor their post-Games use, Coe said.
Sir Michael also revealed that he had been contacted by several headhunters on behalf of the Department for Education about the chief inspector's post, but had not initially thought himself suitable.