HC Deb 22 February 1993 vol 219 cc442-3W
21. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement on the protection of fossils and offshore sites.

Mr. Key

I informed the House on 7 December 1992 that I have accepted that natural history objects, including fossils, should be brought within our export controls. We intend shortly to revise our national export controls in the Export of Goods (Control) Order to include skeletal remains and fossils, found in United Kingdom soil or territorial waters.