London Art Market

HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 c468W

Mr. Swayne

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the state of the London art market. [21462]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

[holding answer 19 January 1998]: My Department has received representations about the Commission's proposals to harmonise artists' resale right in the EU, and the liberalisation of auctioneering services in France.