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Culture, Media and Sport Committee Publications

Culture, Media and Sport - Seventh Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 July 2000.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

VOLUME I (HC 371-I)

REPORT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. THE PROBLEM OF ILLICIT TRADE

The nature and scale of the illicit trade

The looting of archaeological sites

The illicit trade and the British art market

III. DUE DILIGENCE AND DATABASES

Codes of Due Diligence

Provenance and confidentiality

The current role of the police service

Databases

IV. INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE

The rationale for international initiatives and a British response

The 1970 UNESCO Convention

The 1995 UNIDROIT Convention

The EC Directive on the return of cultural objects

United Kingdom export controls

Possible import controls and related offences

Conclusions and recommendations

V. MUSEUMS: ACQUISITION AND RETURN

The purpose of museums

Museums and the illicit trade

The scale and nature of claims for return

Handling claims

The legal framework

Decisions on return and options other than return

The Elgin marbles

Human remains

VI. SPOLIATION

The nature of spoliation

Post-war responses

The revival of concern and research

The Spoliation Advisory Panel and legislative change

Spoliation and the British art market

VII. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

ANNEX: PRESS NOTICE ISSUED ON 10 FEBRUARY 2000

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF MEMORANDA REPORTED TO THE HOUSE BUT NOT PRINTED

VOLUME II (HC 371-II)

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


VOLUME III (HC 371-III)

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


 
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