rhydra
18-10-2008, 01:06 PM
Link. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/16/houseofcommons)
MPs could have to move out of the House of Commons for up to three years while the building undergoes a multimillion-pound refurbishment, it emerged today.
Many of the water, gas, electric, heating, ventilation and drainage pipes in the Commons have not been replaced since the second world war and work to update them is long overdue.
However, according to today's Times there is also a potentially serious problem with asbestos and the Commons authorities fear that "anything could go wrong at any moment".
What's the reckoning that something big is being planned other than having builders in?
MPs could have to move out of the House of Commons for up to three years while the building undergoes a multimillion-pound refurbishment, it emerged today.
Many of the water, gas, electric, heating, ventilation and drainage pipes in the Commons have not been replaced since the second world war and work to update them is long overdue.
However, according to today's Times there is also a potentially serious problem with asbestos and the Commons authorities fear that "anything could go wrong at any moment".
What's the reckoning that something big is being planned other than having builders in?