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Cathedrals: Conservation

Asked by Dame Chi OnwurahLabourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 14 March 2025UIN 37147

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 34259 on Cathedrals: Conservation, whether her Department recognises cathedrals as heritage assets.

Answered by Chris Bryant

Cathedrals are amongst some of the country’s finest heritage, with the great majority of them on the National Heritage List. There is no set definition of what constitutes a 'heritage asset'. This country has many significant heritage sites and government cannot afford to maintain them all alone.

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