§ Lord Freybergasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether a work of art of national importance, the private property of a resident in this country, may be removed by that resident to another of his/her residences abroad without applying for an export licence when no change of ownership is envisaged.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood)An export licence is required to despatch from the UK a work of art manufactured or produced more than 50 years before the date of exportation and valued at or above the specified monetary limits. These are set out in Appendix G to the 1994/95 Report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art, a copy of which was placed in the Library of the House on 24th October 1995. Ownership is not a relevant consideration unless the goods are the personal property of the producer, for example the artist, when a Department of National Heritage export licence is not required.