Brooke steps up pressure over database
BRITISH Art Market Federation president Lord Brooke is stepping up pressure on the Government to fund a workable database of stolen art. His latest call for Whitehall to support the art and antiques trade in preventing dealings in stolen objects came during the second reading of the Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill in the House of Lords.
With proposed amendments thanks to co-operation between BAMF and the Bill’s proposer, Richard Allan …