Simon Burns – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Burns on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help protect heritage sites worldwide.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The protection of cultural heritage affected by acts of destruction is a priority for this Government. We are committing £30 million towards a new Cultural Protection Fund and will bring forward legislation to enable the UK to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols at the first opportunity.