HL Deb 18 February 1997 vol 578 c44WA
Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What steps the United Kingdom Association of Art and Antiquities Dealers take to monitor the working of the CINOA Code of Practice (H.L. Deb., 5 July 1996, col. WA 121) and whether the Government are satisfied that self-regulation is an effective safeguard against the traffic in illicit antiquities.

Lord Inglewood

Monitoring of the working of the CINOA Code of Practice is an internal matter for the Association of Art and Antiques Dealers and is not something with which the Government are involved. The Government believe that self-regulation can and should continue to be an effective safeguard, provided that members of the art trade ensure that adequate monitoring takes place, and that effective sanctions are applied in cases of infraction.