Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 30 April 2001.
Janet Anderson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport
12:00,
30 April 2001
I have no knowledge of the contents of the manifesto, but we shall be able to stand on our record better than Conservative Members could after their last term of office.
It is nonsense to claim that the dome costs £1 million a month to maintain, as press reports and Conservative Members have suggested. The cost of care and maintenance for the site and structures is approximately £600,000 and decreasing.
