Museums and Galleries

(asked on 25th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission will commence its review of legislation relating to museum collections.


Answered by
Mike Freer Portrait
Mike Freer
This question was answered on 2nd February 2023

The Law Commission proposed a law reform project on museum collections as part of its 13th Programme of Law Reform, published on 13 December 2017. The project has yet to begin, but the Commission remains committed to the work and will commence the project as soon as resources allow.

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