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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 14 December 2005, in the House of Commons, led by David Wright. The answering member was David Lammy.


UK World Heritage Sites

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on UK World heritage sites.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
440 c459-82WH 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 440 c465WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Several Members have said that they want to speak, so let me tell the spokesmen from...
Speaker | 440 c475WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): I call Mr. Hugo Swire.
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Speaker | 440 c477WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. I recognise that it is your right to give way, Mr. Swire, but it is a bit of ...
Speaker | 440 c482WH (Link to this contribution) (in the Chair): Order. The clock has beaten us, and we must move on to the next debate.
Lord Foster of Bath | 440 c473-5WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman may doubt the speed, but he knows that with the new franchise, we have a commit...
Lord Foster of Bath | 440 c472-3WH (Link to this contribution) We have had a useful and valuable debate, with tremendous contributions. The hon. Member for Salisbu...
Lord Foster of Bath | 440 c477-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Member for East Devon (Mr. Swire) may just wish to remind his hon. Friend that as a resul...
David Wright | 440 c460-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I would like to go there as well, if the Minister will take me with him. Twenty-one UK world heri...
David Wright | 440 c463WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend makes his point very well. It is important to bear in mind what we might term globa...
Mark Lazarowicz | 440 c463WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an interesting contribution. As he will know, the world heritage site in my...
David Wright | 440 c464-5WH (Link to this contribution) : As Parliamentary Private Secretary to a Minister in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, I mus...
Mark Lazarowicz | 440 c463-4WH (Link to this contribution) : On that point, may I offer an example? One of the issues in the world heritage site of Edinburgh n...
David Wright | 440 c459-60WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr. Olner. It is a pleasure to be in your company this afternoon,...
Robert Key | 440 c472WH (Link to this contribution) : I encourage my hon. Friend to challenge that ruling. It is a very important point. A long time ago...
Philip Davies | 440 c472WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that helpful advice. I am sure that my colleagues on Bradford ...
Philip Davies | 440 c470-2WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be as brief as possible because other hon. Members wish to speak. I congratulate the hon...
Ashok Kumar | 440 c469-70WH (Link to this contribution) : I am happy to endorse that, because it fits into the theme that I am trying to explore. The cont...
Martyn Jones | 440 c469WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree, given his enthusiasm for engineering, that the Telford aqueduct should be...
Ashok Kumar | 440 c469WH (Link to this contribution) : I heartily agree. The tentative list includes sites in the north-east, including Lindisfarne and J...
Jo Swinson | 440 c469WH (Link to this contribution) I add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Telford (David Wright) on securing the debate. I w...
Ashok Kumar | 440 c468-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Telford (David Wright) on securing this debate. Before ...
Robert Key | 440 c465-8WH (Link to this contribution) It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the hon. Member for Telford (David Wright), first on secu...
Lord Swire | 440 c475-7WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Olner. I am sure that my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Mr. Dunne) will find me v...
Lord Swire | 440 c477WH (Link to this contribution) : I am between a rock and hard place, Mr. Olner; I am not sure whether it is Triassic or Jurassic. A...
Lord Swire | 440 c477WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Member for Bath has been here, Mr. Olner, so I will give way to him.
Philip Dunne | 440 c477WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and to you, Mr. Olner; I am duly chastised. My intervention relat...
Lord Swire | 440 c477WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend is right. There is a residual nervousness about the heritage sector losing out to o...
Lord Swire | 440 c478-9WH (Link to this contribution) : You see, Mr. Olner, the Lib-Lab pact is not the only one. The hon. Gentleman is entirely correct. ...
David Lammy | 440 c479-82WH (Link to this contribution) : In the time available, I want to respond to all the points that were raised by my hon. Friend the ...
Subjects
Access Conservation Ancient monuments Cultural heritage Archaeological sites Planning UNESCO World Heritage sites Stonehenge Hadrian's Wall Ironbridge Gorge
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