Victorian Mills

Earl of Clancarty Excerpts
Tuesday 11th February 2020

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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My noble friend raises a point about how previous usage impacts on the ability to regenerate. This is true across a range of historic and industrial heritage buildings, not just mills. Again, Historic England can provide a lot of expertise in this area, but I am aware that this is a matter of concern. Sadly, as a result of arson, in the last decade there have been more than 100 fires in the Bradford mills close to my noble friend’s home, but we are working with the fire and rescue services to address this.

Earl of Clancarty Portrait The Earl of Clancarty (CB)
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My Lords, will the Government replace the money we have received up to now from the EU for heritage projects, without which mill conversions will be significantly more difficult?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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The details on that are not yet fully worked out but the noble Earl will be aware of the shared prosperity fund which is looking to address a number of areas of previous EU funding.