§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his answer of 13 February,Official Report, column 477, (1) what proposals he has for measuring the degree of public support for the proposed (a) Zaha Hadid design for the Cardiff Bay opera house and (b) the competing designs of (i) Sir Norman Foster, (ii) Professor Manfredi Nicoletti and (iii) Ms Itsuko Hasegawa; what assessment he has made of the probability factors pertaining to the raising of the private capital required to fund the residual share of the project 149W cost for each of the above four designs; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if it is a condition of an application for funding from the Millennium Commission that it should contain firm undertakings in relation to the availability of the private funding of the residual share of the cost of the project.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 16 February 1995]: These are matters for the Millennium Commission. I shall reply to the hon. Member in my capacity as chairman of the commission and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) what inquiries he has received in relation to his work as chairman of the Millennium Commission concerning the construction(a) of a new home for the national stadium of the Welsh Rugby Union at Bridgend and (b) extending the existing national stadium at Cardiff Arms park; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what form of representations seeking expressions of support have been received by the Millennium Commission from the Cardiff Bay opera trust; and what response the commission has made.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 17 February 1995]: These are matters for the Millennium Commission. I shall reply to the hon. Member in my capacity as chairman of the commission and place a copy of my letter in the library of the House.