Holocaust Memorial Bill

A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.


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18 Jun 2025
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23 Feb 2023
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"Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre"

Source Bill 007 EN 2023-24

13 This clause provides for the Secretary of State to incur expenditure in relation to the construction, use, maintenance, improvement or operation of a new national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

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Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre
 
 
(1)
The Secretary of State may incur expenditure for or in connection with—
 
 
(a)
the construction on, over or under any land of—
 
 
(i)
a memorial commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, and
 
 
(ii)
a centre for learning relating to the memorial,
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(b)
the carrying out of any work ancillary to, or associated with, anything falling
 
 
within paragraph (a), and
 
 
(c)
the use, operation, maintenance or improvement of the memorial and the
 
 
centre for learning.
 
 
(2)
Expenditure incurred under this section is to be paid out of money provided by
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Parliament.
 
 
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1) (a) , “construction” includes erection, extension,
 
 
alteration and re-erection.
 
"Removal of restrictions in relation to certain land"

Source Bill 007 EN 2023-24

14 This clause provides that the relevant sections of the 1900 Act (Section 8 (1) and Section 8 (8)), which require that Victoria Tower Gardens shall be maintained as a garden open to the public do not prevent the construction and subsequent use and maintenance of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

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Removal of restrictions in relation to certain land
 
 
Section 8(1) and (8) of the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900
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does not prevent, restrict or otherwise affect the carrying out of any of the
 
 
activities described in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 1 (1) on, over, under or
 
 
otherwise in relation to the land described in section 8(1) of that Act.
 
"Extent, commencement and short title"

Source Bill 007 EN 2023-24

15 This clause provides for the extent and coming into force of the provisions of the Bill, and the Bill's short title.

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Extent, commencement and short title
 
 
(1)
This Act extends to England and Wales only.
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(2)
This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning
 
 
with the day on which this Act is passed.
 

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(3)
This Act may be cited as the Holocaust Memorial Act 2024.
 
Amendments
Amendment 1

Tabled: 14 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024

This amendment was NOT MOVED

Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— "(1A) Expenditure incurred under this section must not exceed £50 million.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

John Stevenson - 14 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 14 May 2024
Nickie Aiken - 16 May 2024
Amendment NC1

Tabled: 14 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024

This amendment was NEGATIVED ON DIVISION

To move the following Clause— "Review of security arrangements (1) The Secretary of State must, prior to the commencement of construction of a Holocaust memorial or learning centre— (a) carry out a review of proposed security arrangements for the proposed Holocaust memorial or learning centre; (b) lay before Parliament a report on the outcome and findings of the review of the proposed security arrangements; (c) by regulations, specify the security arrangements which are to be implemented for the proposed Holocaust memorial or learning centre. (2) Regulations made under subsection (1)(c) are subject to the affirmative procedure."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

John Stevenson - 14 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 14 May 2024
Nickie Aiken - 16 May 2024
Amendment 6

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert- "(d) educational purposes and activities related to the memorial and the centre for learning"

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Amendment 7

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Clause 1, page 1, line 11, at end insert- "(2A) No less than half of all expenditure incurred under this section must be dedicated to educational purposes connected with the memorial and learning centre."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 1

Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Amendment 2

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert "in so far as those paragraphs relate to a Holocaust Memorial."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Nickie Aiken - 20 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) - 21 May 2024
Amendment 3

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert "subject to the total area used for such activities not exceeding 1,429 square metres (including in that total area any entrance pavilion, courtyard, ramp, associated hard standing, service access, access paths and any areas which are inaccessible to the public or inaccessible without tickets).”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Nickie Aiken - 20 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Amendment 5

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NEGATIVED

Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert “provided that any such activities shall not cause any harm to any other memorial in the land described in section 8(1) of that Act or to the setting of such memorials."

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 3

Nickie Aiken - 20 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Jonathan Edwards - 20 May 2024
Amendment 4

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NOT SELECTED

Clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— "() This section will cease to have effect when the Holocaust Memorial and centre for learning opens, except as regards the use, operation and maintenance of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre as it exists on that date.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Nickie Aiken - 20 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024
Amendment NC2

Tabled: 20 May 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024

This amendment was NOT CALLED

To move the following Clause- "Review of sites The Secretary of State must, prior to a decision being made in relation to the site of a Holocaust Memorial or Learning Centre- (a) carry out a review of potential sites for a Holocaust memorial or learning centre, which must include- (i) consideration of the views of professional property consultants, (ii) consideration of the way in which each site would meet the objectives of the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission Report 2015, (iii) consideration of the way in which each site would meet the objectives of the Search for a Central London site 2015, (iv) consideration of estimates of costs for construction for each site, (v) and a full public consultation on the shortlisted sites; (b) lay before Parliament a report on the findings of the review.”

Type: Backbencher

Signatures: 2

Nickie Aiken - 20 May 2024
Sir Peter Bottomley - 20 May 2024