"It is a precious part of the UK's heritage and maybe even the world's heritage," Matthew Hamlyn, chair of the Elizabeth Tower Project Board, said. "For the century-and-a-half or more it has been chiming, it has been a symbol of stability. And I think it has become a symbol of the UK's parliamentary democracy. We owed it to our Victorian forbears who created this amazing place to bring it back to the best condition and make it fit for the 21st Century."
"We've taken every single nut and bolt apart, taken everything apart from the big frame out of the tower, and looked at every part, serviced it, painted it, repaired it", said clock mechanic Ian Westworth stated. "And now we are in the process of bringing every part back and slowly reassembling the clock."