I am genuinely impressed by the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge of Mesopotamian and other archaeology. Indeed, his own party’s Ed stone at the last election could be seen as an homage to the stele of Hammurabi, the great lawgiver of Mesopotamia in the 18th century BC. I want to query his last point, because it may well take another change to the UNESCO convention to take into account the modern phenomena of ISIL and other terrorist groups. Would he support our negotiating internationally to try to get the law brought up to date?
Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Tim Loughton
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 31 October 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [Lords].
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