Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal explored

• Watch Parliament TV: Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster consultation
• Inquiry: Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster consultation
• Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster

Witnesses

Monday 29 February 2016, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

At 4.05pm

• Mr Craig Woodhouse, Chairman, Parliamentary Press Gallery
• Mr Tony Grew, Honorary Secretary, Parliamentary Press Gallery

At 4.35pm

• Rt Hon. the Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO
• Rt Hon. Peter Riddell CBE, Director, Institute for Government

At 5.05pm

• Professor Jonathan Drori CBE, Chairman, Speaker's Advisory Council on Public Engagement
• Mr Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta
• Ms Penny Young, Librarian and Director General, Information Services, House of Commons, and Chair of the Parliamentary Visitors Group

Background

The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster, co-chaired by the Leader of the House of Commons and the Leader of the House of Lords, will hear evidence from a wide range of witnesses.

The Committee was appointed by the two Houses of Parliament in July 2015 to consider the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.  The Committee's main task is to make a recommendation to both Houses about the best way to approach the Restoration and Renewal Programme, a major programme of repair and conservation which is intended to start in the early 2020s.

Next evidence session

The Joint Committee will also hear evidence from representatives from the following organisations on Monday 7 March:

• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Details of the schedule for Monday 7 March will be available closer to the time.

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Watch committees

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