Artists' Resale Rights

House of Lords written question – answered at on 11 July 2011.

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Photo of Lord Freyberg Lord Freyberg Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to gather support for an extension of the derogation of artists resale rights among European Union member states.

Photo of Baroness Wilcox Baroness Wilcox The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

The UK Government are in frequent contact with other European member states, both at ministerial and official level, on a wide range of issues. The subject of artist's resale rights has been discussed many times, but to date there has been no widespread support for revisiting this legislation.

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