New Parliamentary Building

HC Deb 26 February 1997 vol 291 c222W

Mr. Spellar

To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Jarrow (Mr. Dixon) of 3 February,Official Report, columns 458–59, on the new parliamentary building, what estimate he has made of the additional costs arising from the delay. [17197]

Sir Raymond Powell

There are too many imponderables at this stage to be able to give a reliable forecast of the costs.