Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 February (HL4962), what is the procedure if the Committee for the Royal Naval Division memorial has no funds to refurbish the memorial.

The Memorial Committee has recently commissioned a condition survey and a Report of its findings, together with estimates of costs for any suggested remedial works. Once the Report is available, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Memorial Committee will jointly discuss appropriate funding and timelines for the essential maintenance of the monument.