Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) We are looking to protect religious and cultural heritage with a very active working group, and we are - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) There is a thriving illicit trade in cultural artefacts, which is fuelled by illegal excavations and - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) issue.Similar speech is reported to have greatly contributed to the violence and potential genocide in Tigray - Speech Link
Jul. 17 2023
Source Page: FCDO annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023Found: Political, technological and cultural change is accelerating at an extraordinary rate.
Jul. 13 2023
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022Found: We are proud of the UK’s heritage and culture on human rights and democracy.
Mentions:
1: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) They could easily be closed off and be a problem, in addition to the problems in Tigray, Ethiopia and - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (CON - Rother Valley) It was a wonderful experience, with wonderful people, and the country’s rich cultural heritage was clear - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Friend’s cultural point is entirely right, and I have no doubt that we will come to it in due course. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Western (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) am therefore pleased to share with colleagues that my constituency is home not just to those whose heritage - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) atrocities are being committed in Ukraine, against the Rohingya people, against the Uyghur people, and in Tigray - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) It is with great joy that I and, I think, colleagues read that funding from the Heritage Fund alongside - Speech Link
Nov. 23 2022
Source Page: Statistics on International Development: final UK aid spend 2021Found: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) DCMS s Cultural Protectio n Fund (CPF) is
Mentions:
1: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) There are 9 million people in Tigray who are starving right now. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Suttie (LDEM - Life peer) friend Olena’s brave young son Nikolai has left his studies at Cambridge University to fight for his cultural - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (CB - Life peer) heritage sites, which are now under Azeri control, some of which have already been destroyed during - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) We should be proud of our heritage, proud of where we stand as a country and proud to stand up for that - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) We support the peace deal that has been reached, and the protection of cultural heritage. - Speech Link
Apr. 28 2022
Source Page: Inspection Report on Country of Origin Information, Ethiopia, Iran and Zimbabwe. January 2022Found: The legal expert noted: ‚Tigray Œ there are no such arrests in the Tigray region.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the sale in the UK of ancient artefacts stolen from Ethiopia’s Tigray region as part of the ongoing conflict in that area.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
HM Government is committed to combating the illicit trade in cultural objects. We have a range of provisions in international and domestic UK law, including criminal offences, to protect cultural objects from unlawful removal and illicit trade. The investigation of cases of illicit trade in cultural objects is a matter for the police, and the prosecution of such cases is a matter for the relevant prosecuting authorities. UK authorities work with online selling platforms, such as eBay, to combat the sale of stolen cultural objects. The Government encourages anyone who believes that a cultural object is being unlawfully traded to raise it with the appropriate authorities.
Asked by: Earl of Dundee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ethiopia (1) to prevent, and (2) to punish, the vandalism and desecration of cultural heritage in that country.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
We are concerned by reports from Tigray on the damage to cultural monuments and artefacts. We have stressed the need for Ethiopia to safeguard its incredible diversity of faith and identity. Respect for cultural heritage is part of this, alongside freedom of expression and freedom of religion and belief.