HC Deb 20 July 1964 vol 699 cc7-8W
45. Mr. Driberg

asked the hon. Member for Dover, as Second Church Estates Commissioner, if the Church Commissioners will consider the situation arising from a recent High Court decision that a rectory house is an ecclesiastical building and therefore not a building on which a preservation order may be made; and if they will consult with the Minister of Housing and Local Government with a view to securing the preservation of such buildings if they are of special historic or architectural interest.

Sir J. Arbuthnot

Yes. It is the Commissioners' practice to consult with the appropriate Government Department about proposals with which they may be concerned affecting parsonage houses which are listed under Section 32 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1962. They will certainly continue to do so.