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baza Mar 26, 2009 21:12:53
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
The latest word that I can find is this, dated 13 Feb...
Stonehenge was last raised in parliament on 6 March thus:

"Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has for a temporary tourism facility at Stonehenge during the London 2012 Olympics.

Barbara Follett [holding answer 4 March 2009]: The Government have stated their commitment to delivering environmental improvements at Stonehenge, including new visitor centre facilities by 2012. To this end, the Stonehenge Project Board has recommended to Ministers a location for the new visitor centre, following a public consultation. I am currently considering the recommendation and an announcement will be made in due course."

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nigelswift Mar 27, 2009 06:24:48
Replying to baza

"To this end, the Stonehenge Project Board has recommended to Ministers a location for the new visitor centre, following a public consultation. I am currently considering the recommendation and an announcement will be made in due course."
Sounds OK, nice and safe and democratic, till you consider it is the Minister that chairs the Stonehenge Project Board and EH that leads it (and of course they do exactly what the government wants) and the archaeological stakeholders that don't want the place damaged are locked out of the Stonehenge Project Board and have been sidelined into subservient committees... http://www.savestonehenge.org.uk/rescuespring08.html

So will the decision reflect the public consultation and the opinions of all the Stonehenge-friendly organisations or will it actually be entirely in the hands of the government? No prizes for guessing.