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World Heritage Sites

Volume 716: debated on Thursday 28 January 2010

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Lord Wallace of Saltaire

To ask Her Majesty's Government what buildings and areas were included in the 2008 extensions to the Westminster World Heritage Site. [HL1280]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Davies of Oldham)

Margaret Street and Abingdon Street were included in the 2008 modification to the boundary of the Westminster World Heritage Site. This measure created a more cohesive and identifiable boundary for the World Heritage Site, bringing together two key components of the site, Westminster Palace and Westminster Abbey; and fulfilled one of the objectives of the 2007 Westminster World Heritage Site Management Plan.