HC Deb 21 December 1979 vol 976 c532W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures are currently being taken to prevent corrosion of the stonework on the Palace of Westminster caused by atmospheric pollution.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

None since September 1978, when the use of high sulphurous fuel in the Palace boiler house was discontinued.

Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans there are to clean the stonework of the Palace of Westminster.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) on 9 July.—[Vol. 970. c.95.]