I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way at such a late stage. One of my concerns is that the Commission has been rather spooked by numbers that, in major project terms, are not extraordinary. It is costing £2 million a week just to do the maintenance and basic repairs to this place. We need to see figures for what it will cost to do that on an ongoing basis versus what the cost would be to do it in one hit. The public are not fools; if we kick the can down the road so that it costs more overall, they will see through that.
Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
Proceeding contribution from
Meg Hillier
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 July 2022.
It occurred during Debate on Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
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