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Debate on bill on Monday, 20 February 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Tracey Crouch.

Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords]

Report stage. Amendment debated and negatived on question. Queen's consent signified. Third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed without amendment.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
621 cc791-816 
Session
2016-17
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Legislative stage
Third reading
Report stage
Procedure
Queen's consent
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 c792 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move amendment 4, page 2, line 6, at end insert

“, which includes a digital attack...

John Bercow | 621 c792 (Link to this contribution)

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 5, page 2, line 17, at ...

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Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 cc792-4 (Link to this contribution)

The amendment seeks to probe the Government’s thinking on whether digital attacks on cultural pro...

Tom Tugendhat | 621 c793 (Link to this contribution)

The question is slightly harder to answer than it might initially appear. On operations, foreign ...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 c793 (Link to this contribution)

It is certainly within the power of the Ministry of Defence to answer the question in terms of it...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 c795 (Link to this contribution)

I will give the hon. Gentleman five out of 10 on that basis. The Minister for the Armed Forces wr...

Tim Loughton | 621 c795 (Link to this contribution)

I appreciate that these are probing amendments, because if the hon. Gentleman were to press them ...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 cc795-6 (Link to this contribution)

I do not think that is a question for me to answer. It is one for the Minister to answer in her r...

Lord Garnier | 621 c796 (Link to this contribution)

I am very sympathetic to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan). H...

Lord Garnier | 621 cc796-7 (Link to this contribution)

Modesty is not a word I have ever heard of. It may be, to refer to the Dealing in Cultural Object...

David Burrowes | 621 c797 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise for missing the start of my right hon. and learned Friend’s speech—

David Burrowes | 621 c797 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend does himself an injustice: repetition can be a good thing, if he...

Lord Garnier | 621 c797 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend anticipates me: that was the fourth point I was going to make in due course. The d...

David Burrowes | 621 c797 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. and learned Friend is dealing with his fourth point, but I wonder whether one of hi...

Lord Garnier | 621 cc798-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that my hon. Friend will have plenty of opportunity in the next two or three hours to m...

Brendan O'Hara | 621 cc799-800 (Link to this contribution)

Let me begin by repeating what I said on Second Reading. Both the SNP and the Scottish Government...

Lindsay Hoyle | 621 c800 (Link to this contribution)

I have tried to allow the hon. Gentleman some latitude, but, as he knows, we are dealing with ame...

Brendan O'Hara | 621 c800 (Link to this contribution)

I will be very brief indeed, Mr Deputy Speaker.

We know that there has been systematic loot...

Victoria Borwick | 621 cc800-1 (Link to this contribution)

I declare that I am president of the British Antique Dealers’ Association and that I have also be...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 c801 (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Lady take any comfort from the Government’s impact assessment of the Bill, which en...

Victoria Borwick | 621 cc801-2 (Link to this contribution)

Of course we all hope that is the case, but that is why we all in this House, jointly I believe, ...

Lord Garnier | 621 c802 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend refers to the 2003 Act. She and I will recall that the genesis of the Act was the ...

Victoria Borwick | 621 c802 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for giving us the benefit of his experience, which I hop...

David Burrowes | 621 cc802-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to take part in the later proceedings of this important Bill. I am co-chair of t...

Lord Garnier | 621 c803 (Link to this contribution)

I was puzzled by the reference to the British Red Cross in a letter from the Minister, so I check...

David Burrowes | 621 cc803-4 (Link to this contribution)

I do not often disagree with my right hon. and learned Friend, but the British Red Cross has a gr...

Lord Garnier | 621 c804 (Link to this contribution)

Does it follow from what my hon. Friend is saying that he does not know whether any convictions u...

David Burrowes | 621 c805 (Link to this contribution)

What I do know either way is that no antiquities dealer has come forward about being unjustly con...

Victoria Borwick | 621 c805 (Link to this contribution)

On the point about the uncertainties, perhaps the Minister could clarify whether the legislation ...

David Burrowes | 621 c806 (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to facilitate the Minister’s being able to respond to that question.

On 18 Janua...

Tracey Crouch | 621 cc806-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to all those who have contributed to this good debate on Report. I propose to respo...

Lord Garnier | 621 c808 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister’s point is confusing. She says that the examples she gave do not provide reason to s...

Tracey Crouch | 621 cc808-9 (Link to this contribution)

But my point is that this issue already exists in the art market—the Bill does not alter that at ...

Tracey Crouch | 621 cc809-810 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Today is an important milestone in...

David Burrowes | 621 c810 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the Minister on navigating us through to this stage. She has now become an internationa...

Tracey Crouch | 621 cc810-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention. I am sure that the Prime Minister was paying clo...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 621 cc812-3 (Link to this contribution)

I echo all the thanks given by the Minister. I also note our achievement in saving A-level art hi...

Lord Garnier | 621 cc813-4 (Link to this contribution)

I thought, listening to all these paeans of praise, that I had wandered into the BAFTAs, but they...

Lord Garnier | 621 c814 (Link to this contribution)

I know I am a treasure, but the Minister is so kind.

I will make three quick points, if I m...

Victoria Borwick | 621 cc814-6 (Link to this contribution)

As president of the British Antique Dealers Association, I know, as I have said previously, that ...

Subjects
Databases Armed conflict Cultural heritage Exports Protection Treaties Electronic warfare Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Legislation
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill (HL) 2016-17
Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003
Link
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