{"id":"dossiers/PL8435","title":"PL8435 — Patrimoine culturel","type":"dossier","html":"<p>Bill 8435 (\"Patrimoine culturel\"). The Chamber debated and voted it on 2 April 2025.</p>\n<p>Sittings: <a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-04-02-n076\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-04-02-n076\">Sitting of 2 April 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-04-02-n077\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-04-02-n077\">Sitting of 2 April 2025</a></p>\n<h2>Debate</h2>\n<h3>2 April 2025 — <a href=\"/lhoft?page=topics%2Fculture-and-heritage\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"topics/culture-and-heritage\">Culture and heritage</a></h3>\n<p>The Chamber debated and adopted bill 8435 amending the 2022 cultural heritage law, under which the State takes over the full cost of preventive archaeology retroactively from 1 January 2025 and classification procedures are simplified; Marc Baum obtained separate votes on articles 2 and 15, and an ADR motion asking for statistics on demolished buildings was rejected by 55 votes to 5.</p>\n<p>Octavie Modert (CSV), stating what the main change in the bill does to the cost of preventive excavations:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Déi gréisst Ännerung bedeit, datt de Bauhär net méi d’Käschte vun de preventiven Ausgruewungen droe muss, mee de Staat iwwerhëlt se elo ganz.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>The biggest change means that the builder no longer has to carry the cost of preventive excavations; the State now takes it over in full.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-04-02-n076\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-04-02-n076\">Sitting of 2 April 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Foctavie-modert\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/octavie-modert\">Octavie Modert</a>, CSV</p>\n<p>Georges Engel (LSAP), doubting that money given to property developers lowers housing prices:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Bis elo si scho ganz vill Sue bei d’Promoteure gefloss a mir gesinn, datt d’Präisser net erofginn!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>A great deal of money has already gone to the developers, and we see that prices are not coming down!</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-04-02-n076\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-04-02-n076\">Sitting of 2 April 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgeorges-engel\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/georges-engel\">Georges Engel</a>, LSAP</p>\n<p>Alexandra Schoos (ADR), criticising the priority given to building over the valorisation of heritage sites:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Zu Lëtzebuerg ass a bleift also d’Zoubetonéiere vum Territoire eebe méi wichteg wéi d’Valoriséierung vum Patrimoine.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>In Luxembourg, concreting over the territory is and remains more important than making the most of our heritage.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2025-04-02-n076\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2025-04-02-n076\">Sitting of 2 April 2025</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Falexandra-schoos\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/alexandra-schoos\">Alexandra Schoos</a>, ADR</p>\n<h2>Votes</h2>\n<h3>Main vote: PL 8435 - Patrimoine culturel</h3>\n<p>2 April 2025 — Premier vote constitutionnel. The open-data export records about 3 distinct votes under this one name (typically amendments and the final vote) and their ballots cannot be separated, so no tally is shown. The séance record above holds the detail.</p>\n<h3>Other votes on this bill</h3>\n<p>1 further votes, one row each. The party columns show how many deputies voted each way.</p>\n<table><thead><tr><th>Vote</th><th>Date</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">For</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Against</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Abstain</th><th>Parties against or abstaining</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>MO 1 - PL 8435</td><td>2 April 2025</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">5</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">55</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td>CSV, DP, LSAP, déi gréng, Piraten, déi Lénk against</td></tr></tbody></table>\n<p>No deputy voted against the majority of their party in any of these votes.</p>"}