It is vital that Parliament’s own major project, the Restoration and Renewal programme, is an exemplar of an open and transparent project which welcomes scrutiny. The restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster is a highly complex programme with a number of uncertainties that underpin it, including the condition of the building, interdependencies with other Parliamentary building projects, and the lack of consensus over the scope of the programme and how to relocate staff. Since the programme and the body overseeing it are Parliamentary, the programme does not fall within the GMPP and the IPA’s formal remit, though it has offered advice informally on the programme when invited to. Given the complexity and difficulty of the programme, it would benefit from all available expertise on major programmes and from the additional transparency that could be brought from the IPA reporting on the programme. Recommendation: The government and Parliament should work together to establish a framework for how the IPA will scrutinise and assure the R&R project. 8 Lessons from major projects and programmes 1 Major programme delivery