Whether the Holyrood Building Project will be completed on schedule in 2002, when it is expected that MSPs will begin using the debating ch…

Answered Asked by Brian Monteith Con Lodged 27 Mar 2001

The question

To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Holyrood Building Project will be completed on schedule in 2002, when it is expected that MSPs will begin using the debating chamber at Holyrood and whether comments attributed to Benedetta Tagliabue, as reported in The Scotsman on 27 March 2001, are accurate.

The answer

Answered by David Steel on 29 Mar 2001 · 2 days after it was lodged, on time

The Convener of the Holyrood Progress Group has confirmed to me that the Holyrood building remains on schedule for completion of construction in December 2002 and should be ready for normal parliamentary business in early 2003. A statement issued last week by the architects, EMBT-RMJM Ltd, stated that the comments attributed to Ms Tagliabue were inaccurate and she herself confirmed this in a letter to the Secretary of the Holyrood Progress Group on 27 March.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-14521 by reference.