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Accommodation and Works Select Committee

Answer

Ms Walley: To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee what refurbishment projects (a) are in progress and (b) will start within the next six months; and what action is being taken to ensure that these will procure certified timber. [59771] Derek Conway: The major projects currently in progress are: Norman Shaw South Victoria Tower archive storage Replacement of main Palace boilers and chillers. The major maintenance and refurbishment projects due to start within the next six months: Refurbishment of Committee Rooms 7, 8 and 9 Commons Court and Commons Inner Court stone restoration Ladies' Gallery lift overhaul Stone restoration and security near base of Clock Tower Removal of huts and restoration of Speaker's Green Removal of roof-top huts in Cloister Court Basement plant room modernisation Asbestos removal Encaustic tile replacement, St. Stephen's Hall New Palace Yard and Black Rod's Garden security works Fire precautions and PDVN Hansard office reorganisation. In addition, the following major projects are due to start within the next six months in the House of Lords: Old Palace Yards phase 3 Asphalt roof near Chancellor's Court Moses Room roof and ceiling. In 2000 a clause was added to the General Specification used for parliamentary projects requiring certification that timber is supplied from sustainably managed sources. For contracts written before that, certification is nevertheless sought from the contractors.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

59771; 387 c1-2W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

House of Commons Historic buildings Procurement Palace of Westminster Sustainable development Repairs and maintenance Timber

Link

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