Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Richard Burden (Labour), on Wednesday, 28 February 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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SITE FOR THE MILLENNIUM EXHIBITION

That this House notes the anger that will be felt in the Midlands and elsewhere at the pro-London bias of the Millennium Commission displayed in the way the NEC has been ruled out from further consideration as the site for the Millennium exhibition; notes the confused and contradictory statements made by the Secretary of State for National Heritage in the House of Commons on 28th February; and is concerned that the rules of the bidding contest were altered mid stream to reject the site which was favoured by the Commission's chosen design consultants, Imagination, which was financially sound a nd which had a clear operator, in favour of a bid without a definite operator and which is financially uncertain.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

537 

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Millennium Commission Millennium exhibition Midlands

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk