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Oral answer to question provided on Thursday, 3 March 2011 in the House of Commons, by John Penrose (Conservative), Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


Topical Questions

Answer

I am glad to reassure my hon. Friend that at no stage has any DCLG Minister come to me and said that they wish to drive a coach and horses through the listed buildings regulations; I am sure that he was not implying that anyway. I am happy to reassure him that, as we speak, officials from DCMS are in close consultation on this very issue with the authors of the Localism Bill.

This is an answer to the Topical question asked on Thursday, 3 March 2011 by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat).

Question
As currently drafted, the Localism Bill would allow local development plans to circumvent the existing rules on listed buildings. Does the Minister agree that this could play havoc with our current built heritage? What discussions is he having with the Department for Communities and Local Government to avoid that problem?

Secondary information

Type
Oral answer to question
Reference
524 c452 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
BBC Worldwide
Link
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