Bronze-age Heritage: Cambridgeshire - 5th November 2025

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Bronze-age Heritage: Cambridgeshire.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-11-05/debates/1EB4A4FC-DB23-43E4-8CD4-00AC122446C9/BronzeageHeritageCambridgeshire

Andrew Pakes (Labour)

Almost since Flag Fen’s discovery, the management strategy has been to protect these remarkable remains by leaving them buried in the ground that has protected them for nearly 3,500 years. However, even then we knew that the land would not protect the archaeology forever, but that one day the precious vanished world would succumb to climate change and fen drainage, leaving nothing but dust. That goes to the heart of one of the challenges now: new evidence suggests that we have reached the point where, without intervention, we will move from protection to abandonment. We need a new approach to capture the value of places such as Flag Fen, and retain their special place in our community for the benefit of generations to come—a new mission, we might say, to create access on all levels through new interpretations and historical knowledge.

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