asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to proceed with the cleaning and restoration of the exterior of the Palace of Westminster, recommended on grounds of conservation in his Department's study of April 1974, which was examined at his request by the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) and endorsed by it in its third report of the Session 1977–78, ordered to be printed on 14th March 1973.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to proceed with the cleaning and restoration of the exterior of the Palace of Westminster, recommended on grounds of conservation in the Department's study of April 1974, which was examined at his request by the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) and endorsed by it in its third report of Session 1977–78.
Subject to early approval by Parliament of the recommendations in the Third Report from the Select Committee on House of Commons Services, it would be possible to start in the Summer Recess of 1979. Meanwhile, the demonstration on one bay on the east river front —recommended in the Third Report—has been completed and our officials are now engaged in contingent preliminary planning, in consultation with the House authorities.