Cultural objects: developments since 2000: First Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence: HC 59

"The previous Committee reported in June 2000 on the illicit trade in cultural property and the possible return, to the original owners or countries of origin, of items from the collections of national museums and galleries. Our further inquiry was prompted by reports of the looting of cultural property in Iraq and the potential for its appearance on the London art market. The latest position on Iraq is set out at the end of this Report but the key findings unearthed as a result of our work relate to a distinct lack of progress with vital elements of what it was hoped was the Government''s cultural property agenda..."