Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3292 on creating a cultural protection fund, which key cultural organisations agree that this measure is needed.

Stakeholders which have expressed their support include: the British Council, British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, UNESCO, UK National Committee of the Blue Shield, British Institute for the Study of Iraq and the Council for British Archaeology among others.

The Government will be leading discussions with key cultural stakeholders as part of the process of the development of the cultural protection fund.