Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 15 July 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Ann Coffey. The answering member was Baroness Hodge of Barking.

Listing Buildings

Adjournment debate on the process of listing buildings.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 479 c214-30
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Andrew Dismore | 479 c227-8 (Link to this contribution) Is it better to have half a cake or no cake at all? That question is at the heart of the argument pr...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c228 (Link to this contribution) That is an extremely interesting line of argument. I hope that the Select Committee will have regard...; Ann Coffey | 479 c227 (Link to this contribution) The difficulty is that consequences follow immediately from the decision to list a building. It is s...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c227 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend made that point at the start of the debate, and she is right to have done so. The exi...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c228-9 (Link to this contribution) Again, that is the halfway house argument. What I was saying from a sedentary position is that the n...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c229-30 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely. I cannot find the words in my notes, but at present one cannot have regard to the ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c224-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Mr .Deputy Speaker, for drawing my attention to that point. I certainly want t...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c225 (Link to this contribution) Two different principles are at play here. One hates to see an order made about other people's prope...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c225 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend takes the words out of my mouth. The way in which we propose to handle that point in ...; Fraser Kemp | 479 c225 (Link to this contribution) If certain owners of buildings that may be listed were given warning, the danger would be that some ...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c225 (Link to this contribution) That is a very pertinent observation. My officials and I are currently considering how we should mod...; Ann Coffey | 479 c225-6 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend mentioned how buildings will be designated in the future, and I wish to give he...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c226 (Link to this contribution) Some interesting issues emerge as we think about the new regime that we want to bring in to protect ...; Fraser Kemp | 479 c226 (Link to this contribution) I know from personal experience about the elite in heritage protection. As I mentioned earlier, beca...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c226 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend. Our industrial heritage and ...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c226 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend made an important point, which she then started to move away from, about the qu...; Ann Coffey | 479 c214-8 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, who I know has campaigned on this issue for a long time. I am ...; David Drew | 479 c218-9 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Ann Coffey) has secured this debate. I ...; Fraser Kemp | 479 c214 (Link to this contribution) In my constituency, we have the world's only listed pigeon cree—or loft, as they are commonly known....; Speaker | 479 c224 (Link to this contribution) Order. I wish to intervene to make two points. First, I would not want the right hon. Lady to find h...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c224 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is making an important point; I grew up by the seaside, so I feel very attached...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c224 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of the fact that the two measures have been drafted in such a way as to ensure consis...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c219-21 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Ann Coffey) on securing the debate. She has ...; Fraser Kemp | 479 c221-2 (Link to this contribution) I, too, will not detain the House for long, but I am grateful for the opportunity to speak. I congra...; Ann Coffey | 479 c214 (Link to this contribution) I want to start by welcoming the draft Heritage Protection Bill. The Bill aims to set out the legisl...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c222-4 (Link to this contribution) We often have very good debates on the Adjournment and the contributions of all hon. Members tonight...; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c227 (Link to this contribution) During my preparations for tonight's debate, I came across Westminster bridge after having visited S...; Andrew Dismore | 479 c228 (Link to this contribution) LFEPA.; Baroness Hodge of Barking | 479 c228 (Link to this contribution) It was the previous chair; this was some three or four months ago. She said, rightly, that there wer...
Subjects: Assessments Cultural heritage Historic buildings English Heritage Listed buildings Regeneration
Legislation: Draft Heritage Protection Bill
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Listing Buildings

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