PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO WALES MILLENNIUM ARTS CENTRE

Early day motion 710, tabled 22 January 2002 by Llew Smith (Labour). Signed by 9 members.

That this House registers its opposition to the decision taken by the National Assembly for Wales to give the go-ahead for the construction of the Wales Millennium Arts Centre in Cardiff Bay; notes that the current projected cost for the Millennium Centre is £104 million, of which approximately £85 million is to come from public funds and that in addition the Centre will receive a yearly subsidy for running costs of £2 million; believes that this huge expenditure of public funds in unjustified where there are much more important and urgent ways that this money should be invested; demands the redirection of the resources saved on combating poverty and, if money is targeted specifically at the Arts it should be directed towards employing many more peripatetic teachers, purchase of instruments, costumes etc. in the schools throughout Wales; and calls upon the relevant elected Members in Wales to establish as a matter of urgency a Public Inquiry into the Millennium Centre project.

Signatures by party: Labour 9.