Parliament is at risk from neglect, not fire | Letters

The buildings will resist going up in smoke, but essential services are in most urgent need of replacementRowan Moore (“Parliament is falling down”, the New Review) raises the spectre of a devastating Notre Dame-style fire at the Houses of Parliament. There is an important difference. The Notre Dame fire started, alas like many others in historic buildings, when the builders were in. It rapidly took hold, consuming the roof timbers and melting the lead.At Westminster, Sir Charles Bar