§ Baroness Turner of Camdenasked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will be laying under the Export Control Act 2002 (i) an order relating to the export of cultural objects and (ii) guidance about the exercising of licensing powers on cultural objects. [HL5574]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyEarlier today, the Government laid the Export of Objects of Cultural Interest (Control) Order 2003 (SI 2003/2759) made under the auspices of the Export Control Act 2002 before Parliament. In addition to this the statutory guidance required under the same Act about the general principles to be followed when exercising licensing powers on objects of cultural interest was also laid.