§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the present proposals in relation to the removal of the ecclesiastical exemption from listed buildings control.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe Welsh Office, along with the Department of the Environment, has today issued a consultation paper inviting comments on the proposal that the current exemption from listed building control should be removed from external works to listed ecclesiastical buildings of all denominations except those who can demonstrate that their internal administrative systems include adequate controls over such works. The paper also proposes clarification of the present arrangements relating to controls over buildings within the curtilage of listed ecclesiastical buildings. The consultation paper has been sent to ecclesiastical, local authority and conservation interests in Wales; a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.