Question follow-through · 28866
Thatched Roofing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed to be used as an alternative to thatching straw for protected thatched roofs.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed to be used as an alternative to thatching straw for protected thatched roofs.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
My Department has no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing water reed as an alternative thatching material for historic buildings.Any works to demolish any part of a listed building or to alter or extend it in a way that affects ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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