§ Mr. ThomasonTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) if she will make a statement on the estimated outturn costs of clearing up the industrial waste at each of the sites proposed for the national millennium exhibition; [4816]
(2) if she will make a statement on the suitability for development of the various sites proposed for the national millennium exhibition; and to what extent site clearing operations, including the removal of contaminated ground, will jeopardise the building schedules. [4817]
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThis is a matter for the Millennium Commission. I shall write to the hon. Member in my capacity as chairman of the Millennium Commission and place copies of my reply in the Libraries of the House.