Member

What about the impact on the environment, the increased traffic, the flood and fire risks, the armed security guards and the impact on the playground and on the parliamentary education centre in VTG? What about damage to the existing memorials, the dirt and dust arising from the construction and its impact on restoration and renewal—and vice versa? We would expect to hear about the carbon emissions associated with the edifice, how to find builders prepared to work underground, access for disabled people and protection against vandalism and terrorism. We do not have an impact assessment because, I fear, the Government do not know the answer to many of those questions. I leave aside the impact that might be caused by the learning centre because we have a separate group dealing with that.