Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 July 1994. It was answered by Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 July 1994 on behalf of the Department of National Heritage.

Dept of National Heritage

Question: What steps he has taken to prevent stolen antiquities, illegally removed from their country of origin, free access into the United Kingdom; what taxes and import duties are applied to imported antiquities; what investigations were made regarding the legality of the 12 tonne load of antiquities recently taken from an ancient site in Lebanon and sent to a London dealer via Larnaca and Ipswich; and if he will ratify the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing Illicit Import, Exportation and Transfer of Cultural Property.

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