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Written Question
Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property
Wednesday 23rd February 2022

Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property, adopted on 3 May 2017.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is committed to protecting cultural property and preventing the illicit trade in cultural property. The UK has a strong record of identifying stolen and unlawfully removed cultural property and returning it to its rightful owners. Existing UK law provides an effective framework within which to do so.

We have no current plans to sign the Council of Europe Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property.