A creaky, leaky, asbestos-riddled building in London, known to most people as Parliament, has a 'real and rising risk' of falling to pieces. Read more 👉
Committee chair and Labour MP Meg Hillier said: 'It is difficult to have confidence in the future of the project to repair and restore this iconic world heritage site that thousands of people work in and visit every day.
'There are already people on decades-long risk watchlists after being exposed to asbestos in the building; a building that’s leaking, dropping masonry and at constant risk of fire.'The asbestos issue - fibres used in roofing materials and cement that can increase someone's risk for cancer - is so bad it 'could require an estimated 300 people working for two and a half years while the site was not being used'.
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