The Palace of Westminster is in need of urgent, substantial repairs. This provides a ‘window of opportunity’ for change. This essay traces the restoration and transformation (or lack of) that the Palace of Westminster has seen in the last half a century, before assessing its current state, and considering whether parliament is fit for purpose. It provides a ‘long‐view’ understanding of previous missed ‘windows of opportunity’. The essay focuses on drawing insights from history in order to add a depth of understanding to the contemporary issue. An understanding of the preceding renewal and restoration projects enables us, potentially, to avoid some of the problems that have been previously experienced, and finally seize this opportunity to build a parliament which is fit for purpose.

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威斯敏斯特宫：另一个机会之窗？

威斯敏斯特宫急需大量维修。这为变革提供了一个“机会之窗”。这篇文章追溯了威斯敏斯特宫在过去半个世纪中所经历的恢复和改造（或缺乏），然后评估了其现状，并考虑了议会是否适合其目的。它提供了对以前错过的“机会之窗”的“长远”理解。这篇文章侧重于从历史中汲取见解，以加深对当代问题的理解。了解之前的更新和修复项目，使我们有可能避免一些以前经历过的问题，最终抓住这个机会建立一个适合目的的议会。