Written questions

Religious Buildings: Conservation

Lords · Question HL10238 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Bassam of Brighton

To ask His Majesty's Government what conclusions were drawn from any recent assessments by Historic England of sites for inclusion on the UK's UNESCO tentative list, and whether they will publish those assessments.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Twycross, 17 Sep 2025

DCMS and Historic England, as our statutory advisers on heritage, regularly discuss sites and places we know to be interested in UNESCO World Heritage status, and have previously met and written to representatives from UK Cluniac sites.With the large numb...