Clause 2
Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill
9:30 am
Andrew Dismore (Hendon, Labour)
The purpose of these amendments is to get the list of institutions empowered to transfer complete and accurately named. When we were drafting the Bill it was difficult because some institutions have a board, some trustees and some a board of trustees. We had to make sure that we got the right terminology and that the list was complete. We have added the Scottish museums, libraries and galleries, Merseyside, the Natural History Museum and Kew Gardens. I cannot envisage Kew having any plants that it would need to return, but it has its own library and art collection, so it is a belt-and-braces job. I cannot honestly see Kew Gardens being in the position of having to return an object, but one never knows. Basically, this is a tidying-up exercise to make sure that we have the list complete and to cater for Scotland.