To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Apr 2020
Charitable and Voluntary Sector

"My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of the Association of Medical Research Charities and of the Specialised Healthcare Alliance, a coalition of over 100 charities representing patients with rare diseases. I will make two points.

The first is about charity-funded medical research. Medical research in the UK depends …..."
Lord Sharkey - View Speech

View all Lord Sharkey (LD - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Charitable and Voluntary Sector
Written Question
Cultural Heritage: Export Controls
Monday 2nd March 2015

Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who had ultimate responsibility for the granting of an export licence to the 1942 Alan Turing notebook to be auctioned in New York by Bonhams on 13 April; why that licence was unconditional; and which experts were consulted in making that determination.

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Under UK export licensing procedures, archives produced more than 50 years before the date of export, require an export licence. An export licence for Alan Turing’s notebook was issued by the Export Licensing Unit of the Arts Council, on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 29 July 2014, having first obtained expert advice on its national importance. It is not Departmental practice to release the names of expert advisers.