Baroness Prentis of Banbury: DCMS: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Churches: Choirs

Tuesday 29th July 2025

Asked by: Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering adding the church choral tradition to the list of inventories under the UN Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Communities of practice will be able to submit their living heritage to the inventories when we open for submissions later this year. We would welcome a submission on church choral tradition.