Formal Minutes
Monday 5 September 2016
Members present:
Baroness Stowell of Beeston, in the Chair
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Lord Carter of Coles Lord Deighton Lord Laming Baroness Smith of Basildon Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Co-Chairman) Lord Wallace of Tankerness |
Chris Bryant MP Neil Gray MP Chris Grayling MP (Co-Chairman) Ian Paisley MP Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP Mark Tami MP |
1. Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster
Draft Report (Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster), proposed by the Chairmen, brought up and read.
Question proposed, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Amendment proposed, to leave out from “That” to the end and add “the Joint Committee declines to consider a draft Report until it has given full consideration to the possibility of constructing a permanent new Parliamentary building, while finding an alternative future use for the Palace of Westminster; notes that this option was included in the Pre-Feasibility Study and Preliminary Strategic Business Case published in October 2012 but was rejected by the House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords House Committee at that stage; and resolves to apply the same rigorous scrutiny to the possible construction of a new Parliamentary building as it has applied to the other options for delivering the Restoration and Renewal Programme, before making a recommendation about the best option for carrying out the works.”—(Neil Gray.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Contents, 1 |
Not-Contents, 11 |
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Neil Gray |
Chris Bryant Lord Carter of Coles Lord Deighton Chris Grayling Lord Laming Ian Paisley Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg Baroness Smith of Basildon Baroness Stowell of Beeston Mark Tami Lord Wallace of Tankerness |
Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 318 read and agreed to.
Summary agreed to.
Appendices to the Report agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Report of the Committee to both Houses.
Ordered, That Baroness Stowell of Beeston make the Report to the House of Lords and Chris Grayling make the Report to the House of Commons.
Written evidence was ordered to be reported.
Ordered, That embargoed copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 134 of the House of Commons.
The Committee adjourned sine die