Committees

Restoration and Renewal Recall

Inquiry

The Committee is recalling senior Parliamentary officials including the clerks of both Houses and the Chief Executives of the Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority and Sponsor Body, to answer questions on the next steps in the programme. This follows the decision to abolish the Sponsor Body and reopen exploration of options for the works in 2022.

The Committee has previously reported on the failures of transparency and “wasteful, nugatory spending” in the programme, and expressed serious concern about ongoing risks and hazards in the deteriorating UNESCO World Heritage Site.

If you have new evidence on the Restoration and Renewal programme in Parliament please submit it here by 6pm on Monday 23 January.

Please have a look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that has been published elsewhere.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 23 January 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifty-Second Report - Restoration & Renewal of the Palace of Westminster – 2023 Recall
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-second report from Session 2022-23
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Correspondence

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Joint correspondence from the House of Commons and House of Lords, dated 27 February 2023, following on from the oral evidence session on Restoration and Renewal Recall, held on Thursday 2 February 2023
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Sir John Benger KCB, Clerk, House at House of Common, re Asbestos update, dated 1 February 2023
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Joint correspondence from Sir John Benger KCB, Clerk, House at House of Common, David Goldstone CBE, Chief Executive, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority, Simon Burton, Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords House of Lords and Dr Patsy Richards, Interim Chief Executive, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body, re R&R update, dated 30 January 2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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2 February 2023
Inquiry Restoration and Renewal Recall
Witnesses House of Lords, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority, Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Sponsor Body, and House of Commons
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Written evidence

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Dr Alexandra Meakin (Lecturer in Politics at University of Leeds) (RRR0001)
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Other publications

Government Responses
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