PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service (6 October 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the compatibility of the planned Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens with the Royal Parks' memorials policy.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

Memorials to mark events or individuals of significant national/international importance have long been accommodated within The Royal Parks estate. The Royal Parks has acknowledged that Victoria Tower Gardens would be a fitting location for a memorial to victims of the Holocaust subject to design, planning and environmental requirements. It meets longstanding policy and there are already existing memorials in the park, including one to Emmeline Pankhurst and another marking the abolition of the slave trade.

Answered by:
Mr Marcus Jones (Conservative)
19 October 2017