HL Deb 26 June 2000 vol 614 cc57-8WA
Baroness Seccombe

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Answer by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 24 May (H.L. Deb., col. 773) that it was necessary to prepare a new business plan for the Dome as a result of over-estimates of visitor numbers, when the sole shareholder in the New Millennium Experience Company was informed of the need to ask for such a plan. [HL2674]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

The New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) revises and updates its business plan at regular intervals. As sole shareholder, I see all board papers and was therefore privy to the revised business plan prepared in May which included the new visitor figure estimate.