{"value":{"id":1348948,"memberId":3605,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body Spokesperson","uin":"HLWS221","dateMade":"2021-07-21T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":207,"answeringBodyName":"Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body","title":"Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body: spokesperson","text":"

I wish to inform the House that I have been appointed by the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body as its new spokesperson in the House of Lords. I take over this role from Baroness Scott of Needham Market, who has held the role since the Sponsor Body became a statutory organisation in April 2020. I would like to place on record the thanks of all the Board members and officers of the Sponsor Body to Baroness Scott for the tremendous energy and drive she brought as the Sponsor Body spokesperson.

As proposed by the Procedure Committee (1st Report of Session 2019-21, HL Paper 29), the role of the spokesperson is to:

  1. Respond to questions for written answer;
  2. Respond to oral questions;
  3. Participate in debates, including responding to questions for short debate, on behalf of the Sponsor Body;
  4. Make written statements;
  5. Move the resolution to approve the proposed restoration works and funding (required by section 7 of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019).

The Committee's report was agreed by the House on 17 March 2020 (HL Hansard, Volume 802, cols 1388-89).

I have been involved with the Restoration and Renewal Programme since I was first appointed to the Sponsor Board in March 2020. I look forward to working in this new role and engaging with Members across the House in the coming months, which will be a critical period as the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority develop the detailed and costed plan for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

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