article_snippet: The cost of repairing the Houses of Parliament could top £3billion, an examination of options for renovating the historic building has suggested.
article_snippet: The cost of repairing the Houses of Parliament the Houses of Parliament could top £3billion, an examination of options for renovating the historic building has suggested .
article_snippet: Dr Richard Ware said last year that it was ''not unreasonable'' to think the bill could top £2 billion, but BBC2's Newsnight programme claimed that the ''working assumption'' of insiders was that the bill could be a billion more.