{"id":37329,"date":"2023-08-18T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37329"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:15:37","slug":"public-accounts-committee-seeks-evidence-on-real-and-rising-risk-palace-of-westminster-will-be-destroyed-before-it-is-restored-to-06-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37329","title":{"rendered":"Public Accounts Committee seeks evidence on \u2018real and rising risk\u2019 Palace of Westminster \u2018will be destroyed before it is restored\u2019, to 06\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33697\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Houses_of_Parliament_Parliamentary_image_300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/>A Restoration and Renewal Recall Inquiry from Westminster\u2019s Public Accounts Committee is recalling senior Parliamentary officials to explore progress on the project ahead of a debate on the subject in the House of Commons due to take place in December 2023, with new evidence sought to 6 October.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration &#8211; Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 serious concern about ongoing risks and hazards in the deteriorating UNESCO World Heritage Site\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>UK Parliament writes:<\/p>\n<h2>This inquiry is currently accepting evidence<\/h2>\n<p>The committee wants to hear your views. We welcome submissions from anyone with answers to the questions in the call for evidence. You can submit evidence until Friday 6 October 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/call-for-evidence\/3223\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the call for evidence before submitting\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Brief outline of call for evidence linked above]<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.The Committee has previously reported on the failures of <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/6485\/restoration-and-renewal-of-parliament\/news\/171771\/failures-of-transparency-and-accountability-and-wasteful-nugatory-spending\/\">transparency and \u201cwasteful, nugatory spending\u201d<\/a>\u00a0in the programme, and expressed serious concern about ongoing risks and hazards in the deteriorating UNESCO World Heritage Site. In May 2023, the Committee warned of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/7196\/restoration-and-renewal-recall\/news\/195220\/real-and-rising-risk-that-palace-of-westminster-will-be-destroyed-by-catastrophic-event-before-it-is-restored-says-pac\/\">real and rising risk<\/a>\u201d that the Palace of Westminster will be destroyed by a catastrophic event before it is restored.<\/p>\n<p>If you have new evidence on the Restoration and Renewal programme in Parliament please submit it here by 23:59 on Friday 6 October.<\/p>\n<p>Please have a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/get-involved\/committees\/how-do-i-submit-evidence\/guidance-for-house-of-commons-select-committee-witnesses\/guidance-for-giving-written-or-oral-evidence-to-house-of-commons-select-committee\/#Sending_written_evidence_to_a_select_committee\">requirements for written evidence submissions<\/a> and note the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that has been published elsewhere&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/call-for-evidence\/3223\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Restoration and Renewal Recall Inquiry from Westminster\u2019s Public Accounts Committee is recalling senior Parliamentary officials to explore progress on the project ahead of a debate on the subject in the House of Commons due to take place in December &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37329\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37644,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37329\/revisions\/37644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}