Debate on bill on Monday, 6 June 2016, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Neville-Rolfe. The answering member was Baroness Andrews.

Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL]

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 773 cc583-619
Session: 2016-17
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Legislative stage: Second reading
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill (HL) 2016-17
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Bills
House of Lords; Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
Friday, 27 May 2016
Research briefings; Deposited Paper DEP2016-0617
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 773 cc583-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it has been a long wait for the legislation that will enable the United Kingdom to rati...; Lord Foster of Bath | 773 cc586-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, on these Benches, we welcome and support the Bill. We recognise that our country behave...; Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn | 773 cc587-590 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to welcome and support the Bill to ratify the 1954 Hague convent...; Baroness Andrews | 773 cc590-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, six months ago I was privileged to lead a debate in the House in which many noble Lords sp...; Lord Redesdale | 773 cc593-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also welcome the Bill. I say this because it was on the first agenda of the All-Party...; Lord Borwick | 773 cc595-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I first declare my interests: my wife, Victoria, the MP for Kensington, is president of...; Earl of Clancarty | 773 cc597-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank Peter Stone of Newcastle University and Historic England for their briefings.; Baroness Berridge | 773 cc598-600 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, thank Her Majesty’s Government for allowing parliamentary time for this importa...; Baroness Mobarik | 773 cc600-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Bill. As other noble Lords have said, it is long overdue.
The looti...; Baroness Young of Hornsey | 773 cc602-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a commissioner with Historic England, which, among other respo...; Lord Balfe | 773 cc606-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one of the advantages of being well down the speakers list is that a lot of what you we...; Baroness Wheatcroft | 773 cc607-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to join all other speakers in this debate in welcoming the B...; Lord Cormack | 773 cc609-610 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak briefly in the gap. As soon as I knew the Government had had the good sen...; Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | 773 cc610-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support the Bill, and in my response the other day to the gracious Speech I congratul...; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 773 cc612-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, how wonderful to be discussing culture and to be doing so at the very centre of the wor...; Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 773 cc614-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the debate has clearly shown that the House is united in approving the intentions of the B...; Lord Lea of Crondall | 773 c617 (Link to this contribution)
Before the noble Baroness leaves the point about Yemen raised by the noble Baroness—; Earl of Courtown | 773 c617 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord has not been in the Chamber for the whole of this debate.; Lord Lea of Crondall | 773 c617 (Link to this contribution)
I do not need to be in the Chamber for the whole of the debate in order to ask a question.; Earl of Courtown | 773 c618 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, you do.; Baroness Neville-Rolfe | 773 cc618-9 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I can have a word with the noble Lord after the proceedings in the Chamber have finished ...
Subjects: Armed conflict Cultural heritage Exports Iraq Protection Ministry of Defence Theft Syria Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Islamic State Cultural Protection Fund
Legislation: Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill (HL) 2016-17
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL]

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