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1027729

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation’s document published in September 2015 invited suggestions of sites suitable for the Memorial and Learning Centre. The discussions referred to on page 11 of that document were held in confidence and concerned a site that subsequently became unavailable.</p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:35:35 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027730

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Millbank Tower was considered as a possible site for the Memorial and Learning Centre. The proposal was tied to the development of the wider site: to date, there is no evidence of redevelopment coming forward and occupational office leases have now been extended to 2022. Victoria Tower Gardens was preferred by the UKHMF Board as the outstanding candidate site for the following reasons:</p><ul><li>its relevance as a commemorative garden of Britain’s national conscience, already containing significant memorial sculptures, marking momentous historic events, with significance for the struggle for human rights, that remain relevant today and will do so in the future;</li><li>it provides an iconic location adjoining Parliament, sitting along the riverfront immediately next to the House of Lords;</li><li>it is visually prominent and adjacent to one of the most visited parts of London, within easy reach of a major tube station and many bus routes;</li><li>the resonance of being next to Parliament and on the timeless banks of the Thames is exceptional; and</li><li>under the shadow of Victoria Tower, the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre would question the impacts of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides on our own Parliament.</li></ul> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:34:47 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027731

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>To release the information requested could prejudice the commercial interests of the sites' owners.</p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:38:06 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027732

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The minutes are the property of the Foundation which is an independent advisory body.</p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:36:39 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027733

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 14 September 2016 a press release from the Department of Communities and Local Government and the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation announced the start of an architectural design competition for the new Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens. The press release explained that design teams were invited to submit initial expressions of interest in the project, with shortlisted teams then submitting 2-part designs, the first fulfilling the minimum commitment of a striking new national memorial, and the second including the below-ground learning centre to be taken forward subject to technical, financial, planning or other constraints.</p><p>Following the successful conclusion of the design competition, a further press release on 24 October 2017 announced that Adjaye Associates, Ron Arad Architects and the landscape architects Gustafson Porter + Bowman had been selected to design the UK’s new Holocaust Memorial and a co-located Learning Centre.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:37:18 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027734

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Arboricultural experts have been commissioned and their detailed advice has ensured that designs for the Memorial take full account of the valuable trees in Victoria Tower Gardens. Improved drainage and surface permeability, especially in the hard landscaping and paths, will create a healthier environment for the trees.</p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:36:14 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027735

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Royal Parks has had no role in the selection of the design. The Royal Parks will be consulted as part of the independent planning process.</p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:38:32 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027736

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>We propose to establish a new arm’s length body to construct the Memorial and Learning Centre and to prepare for its operation. Further consideration will be given to the long-term status of the operating body prior to opening.</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/12/2018 14:37:44 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1028517

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer to Question UIN 203298 on 21 December 2018.</p> question first answered 07/01/2019 08:20:09 answering member 4060
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

822953

	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Royal Parks first expressed their support for locating the Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens at a meeting on 2 December 2015. The Parks’ support for the memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens was repeated in letters dated 15 March 2017, 7 April 2017 and 15 September 2017. Concerns were raised in these letters about the proposed learning centre. These letters have now been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/01/2018 17:58:03 answering member 4053
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh