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<Title>Holocaust Memorial Act 2026</Title>
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<LongTitle>An Act to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.</LongTitle>
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<DateText>[22nd January 2026]</DateText>
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<Text><Uppercase>B</Uppercase><SmallCaps>e it enacted</SmallCaps> by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—</Text>
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<Title>Expenditure relating to a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre</Title>
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<Text>The Secretary of State may incur expenditure for or in connection with—</Text>
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<Text>the construction on, over or under any land of—</Text>
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<Text>a memorial commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, and</Text>
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<Text>a centre for learning relating to the memorial,</Text>
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<Text>the carrying out of any work ancillary to, or associated with, anything falling within paragraph (a), and</Text>
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<Text>the use, operation, maintenance or improvement of the memorial and the centre for learning.</Text>
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<Text>Expenditure incurred under this section is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.</Text>
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<Text>This Act extends to England and Wales only.</Text>
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<Text>This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</Text>
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<Text>This Act may be cited as the Holocaust Memorial Act 2026.</Text>
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