questionText: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, with reference to the overall Programme scope set out in Chapter 2, what criteria were used to distinguish between essential works necessary to prevent catastrophic failure and additional enhancement projects intended to improve visitor experience and public engagement; whether a reduced core safety and resilience only scope was fully costed; and what the estimated difference in capital expenditure would be between such a reduced scope and the level 4 reasonably ambitious scope.
answerText: Section 2(5) of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019, which established the framework for the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) Programme, requires the Programme to have regard to (amongst other things) the need to ensure the Par...
heading: Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance