The Final Report from Deloitte on The Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme Independent Options Appraisal was published at 1.00 p.m. today. It was preceded by a presentation to MPs and peers. The meeting was not entirely harmonious. Part of the reason for this was highly parochial: some of the Power point slides were virtually…
I have previously written about the decline in the volume of letters received in the Palace of Westminster. At the beginning of each year, I put down a question to find out how many items of correspondence were received in the Palace in the preceding year. I have now received the figure for 2012. The…
During the summer, there were reports that both Houses of Parliament may have to move out to enable renovation of the Palace, which is in a state of some decay, to be undertaken. A study group appointed by the Management Boards of both Houses has just produced a pre-feasibility study and preliminary strategic business case…
I read with some sense of shock that the building that houses the Commons and the Lords, the Palace of Westminster, is so riddled with asbestos and other faults that Parliament might have to relocate for 5 years while it is rebuilt – or even move to an entirely new building in London or elsewhere. …
No, I’m not talking about MP’s and Lords screeching abuse at each other but about two new new members of parliament who have refused to take their seats in either chamber. Instead they circle the building emitting the most incredible screeches and dive on pigeons and kill them. The feathers of the doomed pigeon float down past windows…
