The Crooked House

That is of course completely untrue.

The Crooked House.

Old

Glen Pub.

That is, of course, completely untrue.

LAUGHTER

The Crooked House.

Old Glen Pub.

There is far more on this subject that unites us than divides us, but it is about whether this Parliament is willing to step in and stop the wanton destruction of our shared history.

His belief that heritage pubs needed more protection was triggered by the destruction of the iconic Crooked House pub, which stood in Himley, in his South Staffordshire constituency, for more than 250 years.

Known as Britain's wonkiest pub, subsidence caused by Victorian coal mines meant the pub had tilted by 15 degrees, more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Mike Wood said first-time visitors would step inside and swear the beer had gone straight to their heads.

Barely 48 hours later, before the ashes were cl- were cold, before investigators could properly inspect the scene, heavy diggers rolled onto the site.

In a matter of hours, more than two and a half centuries of history were flattened into a pile of crushed rubble without planning permission.

So his Heritage Public Houses Bill was designed to protect pubs like the Crooked House from being demolished or converted to other uses, and it would introduce a possible right to buy for heritage pubs as community assets.

But Labor's Dame Meg Hillier didn't think the bill would do much to help.