§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the impact of(a) resale artists' rights, (b) taxation and (c) EU regulations on the European and UK art markets. [43052]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
The latest Government assessment on artists' resale rights was contained in Explanatory Memorandum 5665/01, of 1 March 2001. The EU Directive of artists' resale rights will not be implemented in the UK until 1 January 2006 and the implementation process will include updating of this assessment.
No other assessments of the art market have been made.
§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received concerning the impact of taxation and EU regulations on the European and UK art markets; and if she will make a statement. [43051]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
510WThe Department has received no representations about the impact of taxation and EU regulations on the European and UK art markets since negotiations on the artists' resale rights in 2001. The Government's response to these representations was covered in Explanatory Memorandum 5665/01, of 1 March 2001.
§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate her Department has made of the size of the UK's share of the international art market in each of the last five years. [43053]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
The Department has made no such estimates.