§ Baroness Hilton of Eggardonasked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made on the quinquennial review of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art. [HL248]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord Mclntosh of Haringey)The report of the review of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art will be published today.
The review was led by the Director of Arts and Culture at DCMS and supported by the Review Management Team of the Arts and Culture Directorate. An independent steering group guided the review and the work of the review was informed by a thorough consultation exercise.
The report finds that the committee is fulfilling government and departmental objectives in relation to the protection of objects of national importance and that there is widespread support for its continuation.
The department will consider in more depth the issues raised by the review and issues raised by the Goodison Review on "Saving Art for the Nation", which is due to be published later this week.
Copies of the report will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The Review will also be available on the DCMS website http://www.culture.gov.uk