House of Lords: Stonework

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts

Monday 30th April 2012 Lords Chamber

[The Chairman of Committees]

I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Trefgarne, and for the expression from the House. It is indeed the last time on which I shall answer a Question on these sorts of matters. But I can tell noble Lords that the issue of the works going on in the palace will go on for a lot longer and many more of my successors will be dealing with it.

[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath]

My Lords, if Mr Clegg has his way with the House of Lords, does the noble Lord think that the value of those umbrellas on eBay will go up or down?

[The Chairman of Committees]

I am not certain that I should try to answer that question, mainly because I do not know the answer, but I would have thought that they would go up in value as historic items.