§ Baroness Jegerasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made in the conduct of the fraud inquiry into the stone used in the portico of the British Museum's Great Court; and when they expect the matter of the payment of the final £1.3 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund to be resolved. [HL895]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyFollowing the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the British Museum's South Portico stone contract, the Museum has referred the matter to the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad. Police investigations are ongoing. The Heritage Lottery Fund is expected to reach a decision on its final payment within the next two months.