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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Parliament buildings required ‘substantial alterations’ for new Assembly

PA Wire

Parliament Buildings at Stormont required “substantial structural alterations” to prepare it to host the newly-established devolved Assembly, ministers were warned in 1998.

Newly-released state papers show that officials also considered using Castle Buildings in the Stormont estate, pointing out that less work would be required because of the “prevalence of stud walls”.

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