§ Lord Janner of Braunstoneasked the Chairman of Committees:
What steps are being taken to complete the cleaning of the fabric of the Palace of Westminster. [HL330]
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Tordoff)The programme to complete the external stone restoration of the Palace of Westminster is to begin work on Commons and Commons Inner Courts in 2002; Peers and Peers Inner Courts in 2003; followed by Star Chamber, Cloister, Chancellors and State Officers Courts in 2005. The programme is constrained by the need to use courtyards as Summer Recess working areas for other projects and by available budgets.