Byrga Geniht in Hansard

For two centuries, Hansard has been the official record of public business transacted in our governing chambers at the Palace of Westminster. It has seen wars, reforms, and extraordinary moments of diplomacy (along with wheelbarrows-full of the strange oddities that Britain never fails to produce).

When dealing with important matters of national cultural patrimony, it is almost inevitable that one's name will occur for the first time in Hansard's all-seeing pages. The question is, will it be a good mention?

We are delighted that our first time has been in a question to DCMS by Helen Morgan MP, the member for North Shropshire and thus Soulton Hall, one of our biggest clients. Helen has asked four important questions:

"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the national heritage significance of the Byrga Geniht studies identifying Soulton Hall as the likely place of reburial for Erkenwald and the location of the High Altar stone of Old St Paul’s." (UIN 117447)

"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides for faith interface and reconciliation work carried out following cultural discoveries." (UIN 117449)

"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support private stewards who manage significant national patrimony in private hands." (UIN 117448)

"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential for Shropshire’s 2026–2029 Destination Management Plan and the inter-county partnership between Shropshire and Essex to lead to a national renewal of the ‘Grand Tour of England’." (UIN 117450)

We are keenly looking forward to the answers from the Minister, as these issues are central to our national pride, as well as UK economic prospects.