My hon. Friend will clearly be aware that when the original proposals were put forward back in 2015-16, the design of the memorial and the education and learning centre had not been considered. Therefore the budget that was set then, before the design work was done, was clearly going to be inadequate for the type of facility that we are talking about. Given that we are in those circumstances, he is right that we will need to take a clear position on keeping to costs and keeping to the contract prices. Equally, there is the provision of private sector investment, to which my hon. Friend will no doubt refer. Does he agree with me that, in all these developments, until such time as spades go in the ground, investors are very unlikely to make contributions until they see something really happening.
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Blackman
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 22 May 2024.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Holocaust Memorial Bill.
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