Antiquities Bill wins Government backing
Potential impact on legal trade still not clear: Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has set out a five-point plan for the future protection of cultural objects in the light of the looting in Iraq. Central to the plan is the adoption of MP Richard Allan’s Private Member’s Bill, which failed to proceed in parliament earlier this year.
His Bill proposes the tightening of the law on stolen cultural objects with a view to reducing the i…