The Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee has announced its
programme of sessions to hear petitions against the Bill.
The Committee provides individuals and bodies directly and
specially affected by the Bill with the opportunity to petition
against the Bill’s specific provisions and to seek its amendment.
The Bill would remove existing restrictions on building in
Victoria Tower Gardens next to Parliament. The existing
restrictions relate to the London County Council (Improvements)
Act 1900, which requires Victoria Tower Gardens to be “laid out
and maintained … for use as a garden open to the public”.
The Bill would disapply sections of the 1900 Act to enable the
memorial to be built. Planning consent would still be required.
The Committee will hear from petitioners to the Bill in public
hearings. The full programme can be
accessed here.
The Committee cannot hear petitions on whether there should be a
memorial or a learning centre, whether at Victoria Tower Gardens
or elsewhere, or whether or not planning permission and all other
necessary consents should be given.
On Wednesday 10 January, the Committee heard from the Bill’s
promoter – legal representatives of the Department for Levelling
Up, Housing and Communities. The hearing can be viewed
here.
Petitions submitted against the Bill can be read on the
Committee’s website.
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Editors Notes:
- The House of Commons Library briefing on the Bill can be
read here.
- Further information on the Bill can be found here. Further
information about the work of the Committee can be accessed here.
