§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what efforts are being made to ensure that all the timber being used in the construction of the new stadium at Wembley comes from legal and sustainable sources: and if she will make a statement. [126025]
§ Mr. CabornIn my answer to my Hon. Friend's question on 26 February 2003,Official Report, columns 602–03, I explained that the National Football Stadium is a Football Association project which is being delivered by its wholly owned subsidiary company Wembley National Stadium Ltd. The Government's policy that its central Departments and agencies should actively seek to buy timber from legal and sustainable sources does not therefore apply to the building of the national stadium.
Wembley National Stadium Ltd. have however agreed under the terms of Sport England's Lottery Funding agreement to have regard to obtaining 566W materials from sustainable or renewable sources. Multiplex Construction (UK) who are building the stadium have environmental plans in place to honour this obligation which extends to sub-contractors. Multiplex have confirmed to Wembley National Stadium Ltd. that they will continue to monitor the source of timber products used throughout the duration of the project.