§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to produce an official history of the Millennium Experience; and if he will make a statement. [60033]
§ Mr. MandelsonThe New Millennium Experience Company are considering a number of publications on the Millennium Experience project, including an official history.
§ Mr. FabricantTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those sponsors who have signed irrevocable contracts with the New Millennium Experience Company for(a) zones of the Dome and (b) national programme stands. [59671]
§ Mr. Mandelson[holding answer 16 November 1998]: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell), 27 October 1998, Official Report, columns 129-30.
All the individual sponsorship packages which have been announced by the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) are subject to the full commitment of the sponsor companies at Board level. The terms of the binding contracts on the detailed obligations of each part are at various stages of resolution and final signatures are imminent on several of them. Meanwhile all physical and 649W other time critical work on the Millennium Experience is progressing on the basis of the Board commitments on both sides.