Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Art Works

(asked on 8th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of works of art in his Department's buildings that depict (a) former slave owners and (b) slave trade merchants; and if he will make a statement.


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Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 17th July 2020

The artwork on display in the Department’s headquarters building at 1 Victoria Street, London, is supplied by the Government Art Collection. All works are Modern (post-1900) and contemporary pieces, and do not depict former slave owners or slave trade merchants.

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