§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the historic and architectural merit of surviving buildings from the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1923. [89193]
§ Mr. Alan Howarth[holding answer 1 July 1999]: Wembley Stadium and the Palace of Arts were added to the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest in Grade II in 1976. The other surviving buildings from the Exhibition were inspected by English Heritage in 1997, as a result of which the Palace of Industry was listed in Grade II.