All 1 Eddie Hughes contributions to the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019

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Tue 21st May 2019
Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill
Commons Chamber

2nd reading: House of Commons & Money resolution: House of Commons & Programme motion: House of Commons

Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Debate

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Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

Eddie Hughes Excerpts
2nd reading: House of Commons & Money resolution: House of Commons & Programme motion: House of Commons
Tuesday 21st May 2019

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Eddie Hughes Portrait Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)
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I am expecting my right hon. Friend to get to this point, but I may not be around. [Interruption.] Hang on a second; this may be a long way into the future. Once we are decanted, I would like to think we are going to return. I do not want to think that this place could be turned into some sort of museum that members of the public will come through; I want it to be a living piece of history to which we will return. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that that will be the case?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I certainly hope, and I think all of my right hon. and hon. Friends hope, that my hon. Friend will be here when we come back to this place. He is extremely young, and I am sure he will still be around. Yes, it is in the Bill that this is the home of our Parliament and that we will certainly be back here.