meg hillier, thanks forjoining us on the week in parliament.hether or not to go for a full decanting of parliament. then again, a vote‘s been promised before, and it's not happened. time now for this week's report from the wider world of politics. here's patrick cowling with our countdown. as mps consider the renovation of their grand old home, eu leaders met for the first time this week in the swanky new europa building in brussels. the european council's new home boasts oak sourced from all over the continent. no politician likes being called a doormat. apart from conservative mp steve baker, apparently. it was revealed this week that the mp for wycombe boasts a doormat, replete with an image of his face. so, you be careful we put those feet. a touch of star dust fell on tuesday. actors tobyjones and rhys ifans failed to persuade mps to revise the so—called dubs amendment on accepting receiving unaccompanied child refugees to the uk. international women's day did not go unnoticed in the house of lords on wednesday, as tory peer baroness boots

meg hillier, thanks forjoining us on the week in parliament.hether or not to go for a full decanting of parliament. then again, a vote‘s been promised before, and it's not happened. time now for this week's report from the wider world of politics. here's patrick cowling with our countdown. as mps consider the renovation of their grand old home, eu leaders met for the first time this week in the swanky new europa building in brussels. the european council's new home boasts oak sourced from all over the continent. no politician likes being called a doormat. apart from conservative mp steve baker, apparently. it was revealed this week that the mp for wycombe boasts a doormat, replete with an image of his face. so, you be careful where you brush those feet. a touch of stardust fell on tuesday. actors tobyjones and rhys ifans failed to persuade mps to revise the so—called dubs amendment on accepting receiving unaccompanied child refugees to the uk. international women's day did not go unnoticed in the house of lords on wednesday, as tory peer barone

the committee chair is the mp meg hillier, who's with us now.mary of your report is: let's get out as soon as we can? certainly. we need to just get on with it now. we need to get on with it to get a full business case worked out so we really know what the real costings are and then get through the refurbishment. the danger is if you go for the long option, costs can spiral. to do it cost effectively, we need to get out. of course, some mps like edward leigh, who, curiously, used to be in yourjob, he believes the palaces big enough to accommodate mps sitting somewhere else while the work goes ahead. is that not the case? well, i mean, anything is possible, but whether it is feasible is another matter. we heard some very startling evidence about what could go wrong if you put everybody in the same building. the truth is that the victorians built it as one whole building. there are a lot of shared services. and, let's be clear, even if it were possible to stay, it would be very disruptive, you would still have years outside of the chamber to deal