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Palace of Westminster: Restoration and Renewal

Debate on Tuesday, 6 February 2018, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park. The answering member was Baroness Smith of Basildon.
Lords motion that this House concurs with the House of Commons in their resolution of 31 January, and accordingly resolves that this House - (1) affirms its commitment to the historic Palace of Westminster and its unique status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Palace and home of our Houses of Parliament; (2) takes note of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster (HL 41); (3) accepts that there is a clear and pressing need to repair the services in the Palace of Westminster in a comprehensive and strategic manner to prevent catastrophic failure in this Parliament, whilst acknowledging the demand and burden on public expenditure and fiscal constraints at a time of prudence and restraint; (4) accordingly endorses the unanimous conclusion of the Joint Committee that a full and timely decant of the Palace is the best and the most cost-effective delivery option, as endorsed by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority; (5) accepts that expenditure on the Palace during this Parliament will be limited to preparatory work for the comprehensive programme of works envisaged, together with works essential to ensure the continuing functioning of the Palace; (6) endorses the Joint Committee's recommendation that a Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority be established by legislation to develop a business case and costed programme for the work to be approved by both Houses of Parliament, and to commission and oversee the work required, and that immediate steps be taken now to establish a shadow Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority; (7) instructs the shadow Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority and their statutory successors to apply high standards of cost-effectiveness and demonstrate value for money in the business case, to report back to Parliament with up to date costings and a realistic timetable for the duration of the work, and to include measures to ensure: the repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical services, fire safety improvement works, the removal of asbestos, repairs to the external and internal fabric of the Palace, the removal of unnecessary and unsightly accretions to the Palace, the improvement of visitor access including the provision of new educational and other facilities for visitors and full access for people with disabilities; and (8) affirms that the guarantee that both Houses will return to their historic Chambers as soon as possible should be incorporated in primary legislation. Amendment by Lord Naseby withdrawn. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
788 cc1916-1998 
Session
2017-19
Department
Lord Privy Seal
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. Palace of Westminster Joint Committee first report with formal minutes.
Monday, 5 September 2016
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
House of Commons
Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
Friday, 26 January 2018
Research briefings
Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: Summary of Commons Debate
Friday, 2 February 2018
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | 788 cc1916-1920 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, today’s debate is about the restoration and renewal of this iconic building. It is a bu...

Lord Naseby | 788 c1919 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Naseby


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Lord Naseby | 788 cc1919-1922 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, some of your Lordships may question by what right I challenge the strategy and work of ...

Lord Naseby | 788 cc1922-3 (Link to this contribution)

If this work is going to take six years, then 11 minutes is not too bad.

Finally, I look at...

Baroness Andrews | 788 cc1923-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much welcome the government Motion and hope that this House will follow the lead...

Lord Newby | 788 cc1924-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like many other noble Lords, I thought this day would never come, but I am very glad th...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 788 cc1927-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure once again to follow the noble Lord, Lord Newby. We are all grat...

Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 788 cc1929-1932 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble and learned Lord, and it was a great privil...

Lord Blunkett | 788 cc1930-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased and privileged to follow the former Leader of the House and to endorse her...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 788 cc1933-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when on a number of occasions in recent years I have shown visitors around this iconic ...

Lord Butler of Brockwell | 788 cc1936-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sure I am not alone in your Lordships’ House in having had an initial feeling of g...

Lord Maude of Horsham | 788 cc1937-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Butler, and I agree with so much of wha...

Lord Cunningham of Felling | 788 cc1939-1940 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Maude, that no one can accuse Parliament of rushing t...

Baroness Brinton | 788 cc1940-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the wonderful elegance of parliamentary language, we have talked much already about ...

Lord Cormack | 788 cc1941-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sure that we will all want to take careful note of what the noble Baroness just sa...

Lord Carter of Coles | 788 cc1944-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a delight to follow the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, particularly given his comments...

Lord Goodlad | 788 c1945 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Coles. I supp...

Lord Laming | 788 cc1945-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to follow the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad, and I support entirely his v...

Lord Cope of Berkeley | 788 cc1948-1950 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Laming, who served on the Joint Committee...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 788 cc1950-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the knowledgeable contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Cope,...

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 788 cc1951-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie—I spend my parliamentary life ...

Lord Blencathra | 788 cc1953-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, particularly his enthusiasm f...

Lord Desai | 788 cc1955-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord because he has more or less helped me t...

Lord Cromwell | 788 cc1957-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the words of the noble Lord, Lord Desai, although...

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn | 788 cc1958-9 (Link to this contribution)

Happily, my Lords, a consensus seems to be emerging that we should support the Motion so ably mov...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 788 cc1959-1961 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the Motion before us and therefore do not support the amendment in the name o...

Lord Stunell | 788 cc1961-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to contribute to this debate and to follow the noble Baroness. I certa...

Lord Horam | 788 cc1963-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in her very interesting speech, the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Hudnall, made a po...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 788 cc1964-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Horam. I support his idea of reducing tra...

Lord Inglewood | 788 cc1966-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, very frequently in debates in your Lordships’ House, and in a slightly smug way, we say...

Lord Haworth | 788 cc1968-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, yesterday’s debate in this House on the role of women in public life was a remarkable o...

Baroness Hamwee | 788 cc1969-1971 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am happy to support the Motion, and do so with enthusiasm. I have long been of the vi...

Lord Lisvane | 788 cc1971-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, I have a bit of form on the subject before us tod...

Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist | 788 cc1973-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the Lord Privy Seal for bringing this Motion before the House. I endorse it...

Lord Vaux of Harrowden | 788 cc1974-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, mentioned Guy Fawkes at the beginning of this debate....

Lord Freeman | 788 cc1975-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support the Motion moved by the noble Baroness the Leader, and I am sure tha...

Earl of Lytton | 788 cc1976-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, at this stage in the batting order, much of what I would have said has been covered alr...

Lord Lingfield | 788 cc1978-1980 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have listened to and read such detail as has been available to us, and have seen the ...

Lord Addington | 788 cc1979-1981 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this far into a debate, it usually comes down to the fact that everybody has said every...

Lord Dobbs | 788 cc1981-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow the noble Lord, Lord Addington. As he said, everything ...

Earl of Kinnoull | 788 cc1982-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow noble Lord, Lord Dobbs. What a sparkling contribution that w...

Lord Norton of Louth | 788 cc1984-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I was pleased and relieved by the Motion approved by the House ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 788 cc1986-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rather regret that the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, is not in his place, beca...

Lord Deighton | 788 cc1987-1990 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I must admit that I had feared that this project was being very skilfully directed into...

Baroness Doocey | 788 cc1990-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for her hard work and she...

Baroness Smith of Basildon | 788 cc1992-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think we all welcome the Motion moved by the noble Baroness the Leader of the House a...

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | 788 cc1996-2000 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this important debate. I am al...

Lord Naseby | 788 c1998 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened carefully to all but two of the speeches and was pleased at the number of no...

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