PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service (2 April 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 229626 on National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service, what investigations the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation conducted into the feasibility of Victoria Tower Gardens as the site for the proposed Memorial; what aspects of the site were covered in that investigation; and if he will place in the Library the papers which the investigation generated.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

The Foundation tested the feasibility of the site by speaking to a number of key stakeholders, including The Royal Parks, DCMS and Westminster City Council. No technical obstacles were uncovered that would prevent the Memorial and below ground Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens during this process.

Answered by:
Mrs Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
10 April 2019