Member

The stubbornness behind the memorial project is hard to understand; it can now be seen to be adverse to national interests, in addition to all its other flaws. We must get on with restoration and renewal and end the costly indecision and fire risks that we who use this building face now. We must see it as an obligation to create an atmosphere for any memorial and learning centre that is built which is conducive to memory, learning, safety, dignity and reverence. I submit that that would be impossible if you put it up in the middle of one of the most gigantic building sites that this country has ever seen. I beg to move.