Cultural Heritage: Export Controls
(asked on 27th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the Waverley Criteria for export controls on objects of cultural interest.
This question was answered on 9th April 2019
The Government has no such plans. The Waverley criteria continue to be the standard against which cultural objects, which are the subject of an export licence application, are judged to determine their national importance and whether an opportunity should be provided to retain them in the UK for the enjoyment of the public. The criteria continue to be held in high esteem.