CULTURE MEDIA AND SPORT COMMITTEE HOUSE OF COMMONS - SESSION 2006-07 13 December 2006 No. 3 Oral evidence session Caring for our Collections The Culture, Media and Sport Committee announced on 25 July a new inquiry into the heritage sector - Caring for our Collections. The Committee is particularly interested in the following issues: * Funding, with particular reference to the adequacy of the budget for museums, galleries and archives, and the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on Lottery funding for their sector; * Acquisition and disposal policies with particular reference to due diligence obligations on acquisition and legal restrictions on disposal of objects * The remit and effectiveness of DCMS, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and other relevant organisations in representing cultural interests inside and outside Government. The Committee will hold its third oral evidence session at the House of Commons in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House on Tuesday 19 December at 10.30am. Witnesses are: At 10.30am Tyne & Wear Museums Yorkshire Regional Museums Hub York Museums Trust Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust At approx 11.15am The Association of Independent Museums The National Trust The Wordsworth Trust At approx 12.00pm Oxford University Museums The University Museums Group Contact House of Commons Committee Office, 7 Millbank, SW1P 3JA Tel: 020B7219B6188 (fax B2031) E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Website <http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/culture_media_and_sport.c fm> www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/culture_media_and_sport.cfm _____ UK Parliament Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. _____ PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNET. On entering the GSi, this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. Please see http://www.gsi.gov.uk/main/notices/information/gsi-003-2002.pdf for further details. In case of problems, please call your organisational IT helpdesk. NODER: DERBYNIWYD Y NEGES HON O'R RHYNGRWYD. Wrth fynd ar GSi, cafodd y neges e-bost hon ei sganio am feirysau gan wasanaeth sganio feirysau Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth (GSi) a ddarperir yn arbennig gan Energis mewn partneriaeth â MessageLabs. Gweler http://www.gsi.gov.uk/main/notices/information/gsi-003-2002.pdf i gael mwy o fanylion. Os cewch unrhyw broblem, ffoniwch desg gymorth TG eich sefydliad. The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus-free. Mae fersiwn wreiddiol y neges e-bost hon wedi'i sganio am feirysau gan wasanaeth sganio feirysau Mewnrwyd Ddiogel y Llywodraeth (GSi) a ddarperir yn arbennig gan Energis mewn partneriaeth â MessageLabs. Wrth i'r neges e-bost hon adael GSi, ardystiwyd nad oedd firws ynddi.