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Written Question
Malvern Hills Trust
Tuesday 10th September 2024

Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Malvern Hills Trust, also known as the Malvern Hills Conservators, is considered to be a public body and, if so, for what purposes.

Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Malvern Hills Trust, also known as the Malvern Hills Conservators, is not considered to be a public body.

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