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Next, I turn to the proposal from the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, that there should be an impact assessment. One of the things that we have discussed in this Committee—repeatedly, I am afraid—is whether this will be a real educational centre. Will it be the sort of thing that a university—universities are well represented in this Committee—would regard as respectable, helpful and developmental for those who would wish to visit an educational centre? Will it provide some impact about the Shoah—the Holocaust—for the children who come among the millions of people on those buses, which will be parked somewhere between Lambeth Bridge and Great Peter Street? Will it provide the educational impact that would be expected by students who come from Germany and are trying to learn something about the impact of what happened in their country, as well as what happened in this country, in relation to the Shoah? Surely Parliament should be entitled to assess that impact through the presentation of such an assessment to Parliament before this Bill is allowed to become law.