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Proceeding contribution from Speaker in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 June 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [Lords].


Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [Lords]

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 84, page 99, line 20, at end insert"‘(including provenance and if appropriate ownership) on a public register for the purpose of inviting any person who asserts a claim to that object to raise an objection to its inclusion in the exhibition within a specified period.’." No. 85, page 100, line 10, at end insert— ‘(9A) The Secretary of State shall make regulations for the establishment of an independent committee, such as the Spoliation Advisory Committee, to monitor the publication and reporting of specified information, the compliance of museums and galleries with the Due Diligence Guidelines for Museums, Libraries and Archives on Collecting and Borrowing Cultural Material published from time to time by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the handling of claims made or objections raised in relation to any object.’. No. 86, page 101, line 4, clause 131, at end insert— ‘(2A) It shall be a condition of such approval that any approved institution has agreed to apply to each and every object the Due Diligence Guidelines for Museums, Libraries and Archives on Collecting and Borrowing Cultural Material published from time to time by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.’. No. 87, page 101, line 6, clause 131, after ‘particular,’, insert ‘it must withdraw approval’. No. 88, page 101, line 10, clause 131, after ‘reason),’, insert ‘and the institution has failed to improve its procedures having received a warning from the appropriate authority specifying a reasonable time frame in which to do so,’. No. 89, page 101, line 12, clause 131, at end insert ‘and, in the case of failure which is capable of remedy, has failed to remedy the failure having received a warning from the appropriate authority specifying a reasonable time frame in which in which to do so.’.


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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
462 c420-1 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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