The Questions
Transcript of Heritage Question Time Videos (92kb)
Additional Questions (105kb)
Introduction (5:30)
Introduction by Baroness Andrews OBE Chair of English Heritage.
Question 1 (8:43)
Why is it that our towns and cities continue to be so despoiled when there exist so many bodies and planning processes set up to protect them?
- Elizabeth Simon
Question 2 (13:21)
How does the panel think that people can be empowered to save the local heritage that they value?
- Colin Cunningham
Question 3 (14:05)
What does the panel think of the way heritage is portrayed in the British Media?
- Marshall Manson
Question 4 (11:08)
How far are governments and agencies able and willing to go to help private owners conserve their buildings?
- Edward Harley
Question 5 (11:24)
Do you think there is a case for allowing community or special interest groups to act as guest curators at sites, to tell the story from a different point of view?
- Rob Smith
Question 6 (13:24)
How can we strengthen the case to ensure that heritage funding streams do not suffer disproportionately in the next review of public spending, at both national and local level?
- Dr Gill Chitty
Question 7 (4:45)
Who would the panel nominate as their heritage heroes and villains?
- Jill Channer
The Panel
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Martha Kearney – Heritage Counts Question Time Chair
 © Eamonn McCabe 2006
As Presenter of The World At One on Radio 4, Martha Kearney is one of the BBC's most respected correspondents. Prior to this, she was Political Editor of Newsnight, presenter of Newsnight Review and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, reflecting a wide range of cultural interests that extends well beyond Westminster.
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Dame Jenny Abramsky CBE – Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund
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Jenny Abramsky chairs the 15-strong Board of Trustees, which includes leading figures from the heritage sector, appointed by the Prime Minister to run the Heritage Lottery Fund. She has spent her working life at the BBC, where she was the editor of the Today programme on Radio 4, launched BBC Radio Five Live, BBC News Online and BBC News 24 as well as five digital radio stations, and commissioned the Electric Proms. She was awarded the CBE in 2001 for services to Broadcasting.
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The Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP – Minister for Culture and Tourism
 The Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MBE was appointed Minister for Culture and Tourism at the DCMS in September 2009 following a year out of Government on compassionate leave. She was elected Member of Parliament for Barking in 1994 and has carried out the following roles in Government: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment and Equal Opportunities, Department for Education and Employment (1998 - 2001); Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Department for Education and Skills (2001 - 2003); Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, Department for Education and Skills (2003 - 2005); Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform in the Department for Work and Pensions (2005 - 2006); Minister of State for Industry and the Regions in the Department for Trade and Industry (2006 – 2007); and Minister for Culture, the Creative industries and Tourism in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2007 – 2008). Margaret Hodge entered politics in 1973 as a councillor for the London Borough of Islington where she was Chair of the Housing Committee from 1975 to 1979 and Deputy Leader from 1981 to 1982, before becoming Leader from 1982 to 1992. She spent two years as a consultant for Price Waterhouse from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her appointment to the DfEE she was Joint Chairman of the House of Commons Education and Employment Select Committee.
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Baroness Andrews OBE – Chair of English Heritage
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Kay Andrews worked as a Parliamentary Clerk from 1970-85. She was awarded an OBE in 1998 and was created a life peer as Baroness Andrews, of Southover in the County of East Sussex in 2000. In the House of Lords, she served as a Government Whip from May 2002 and was a Government Spokesperson for Education and Skills, Health, and Work and Pensions until the election in May 2005. She was then appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government. In July 2009 she became Chair of English Heritage.
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Anthea Case CBE – Chair of Heritage Link
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Anthea has been Chairman of Heritage Link since 2003 and is also a Commissioner of CABE. She is Chair of the East of England Regional Committee of the National Trust, a Trustee of Norwich Heritage and Economic Regeneration Trust (HEART) and the Lakeland Arts Trust, as well as chairing the CABE/EH Engaging Places Partnership Board. She was the Chief Executive of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund from 1995 to 2003. Before 1995 she worked in the Treasury, latterly as Deputy Director in the Budget and Public Finances Directorate.
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Tom Dyckhoff – Journalist and Broadcaster
Tom is a writer, broadcaster and critic on architecture, cities and design. He is architecture critic at The Times and a regular presenter on BBC2's The Culture Show. He presented a special on China which went out on BBC2 in 2008. His latest work, Saving Britain's Past, went out on BBC2 in September 2009. Tom has had articles published in The Guardian, The Times and The Sunday Times - including a regular series for The Guardian entitled Let's Move To about different UK locations.
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Sir Simon Jenkins – Chairman of the National Trust
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Simon Jenkins became Chairman of the National Trust in November 2008. He is a journalist and author and writes a column twice weekly for the Guardian, as well as broadcasting for the BBC. Previously he wrote columns for the Times, the London Evening Standard, both of which newspapers he edited, and the Sunday Times. His career began on Country Life magazine and continued on the Times Educational Supplement, the Economist (political editor) and the Sunday Times (books editor).
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