Extract from Commons debate on Restoration and Renewal (Report of the Joint Committee) - Jan 31
Thursday, 1 February 2018 05:49
Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):...The second issue is that there
are new threats. Security, as well as safety, is now a key factor.
While work is taking place in Norman Shaw North, Norman Shaw South
and Derby Gate under the northern estate programme, all the
security considerations will be taken into account. We know what
happened at Westminster on 22 March. Our friend and protector PC
Keith Palmer died; we were in lockdown. For all sorts of reasons,
we need a contingency Chamber. The...Request free trial
(Walsall South)
(Lab):...The second issue is that there are new threats.
Security, as well as safety, is now a key factor. While work is
taking place in Norman Shaw North, Norman Shaw South and Derby Gate
under the northern estate programme, all the security
considerations will be taken into account. We know what happened at
Westminster on 22 March. Our friend and protector PC Keith Palmer
died; we were in lockdown. For all sorts of reasons, we need a
contingency Chamber. The northern estate programme is on to that;
discussions are ongoing with Westminster Council and they have been
quite productive. Since the Department of Health and Social Care
has now moved out into Victoria Street, it may well be possible to
use the space behind the façade of Richmond Terrace, and that could
very well be our contingency Chamber; it will become the
contingency Chamber when we move back to the House...
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