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101351

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date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all items of cultural material from the HMS Victory 1744 wreck site will be acquired by the Maritime Heritage Foundation for deposition in one complete museum archive as required by the UNESCO Annex and Key Management Principles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The project will follow applicable UK law, conditions of the Deed of Gift and the archaeological principles set out in Annex A of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. It is planned that all cultural items transferred under the Deed of Gift will be accessioned into the Victory 1744 Collection, as will the associated archive, including site plans, drawings and photographs. The Maritime Heritage Foundation has committed to manage and curate the Collection in line with the Museum Association's Code of Ethics for Museums. No items transferred under the Deed of Gift may be sold or disposed of without the consent of the Secretary of State for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:32:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101352

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with Lord Lingfield, then Sir Robert Balchin, regarding the formation of a company or charity to take on management of the wreck of HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>I have had no such discussions with Lord Lingfield. The Maritime Heritage Foundation, to which the wreck was gifted in January 2012, is a registered charity.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 16:35:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101353

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether completion bonds or other financial arrangements will be put in place before granting the Maritime Heritage Foundation permission to recover at risk surface items from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744; and what specific communications there have been between government departments on that matter.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding for the approved next stage of the project (recovery of at-risk surface items, subject to a licence by the Marine Management Organisation) is underwritten by a financial bond provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration and held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Funding of the project has been discussed by officials from MOD and the Department for Culture Media and Sport as part of the assessment of the Project Design.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:33:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101354

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which museum will be taking the accessioned collection of material from HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Maritime Heritage Foundation has committed to ensure the public display of, and access to, the Victory 1744 Collection, and is in discussion about that arrangment with a UK museum; the Ministry of Defence is being kept informed of the progess of those discussions. Any agreement will be announced at the appropriate time. It should be noted that any artefacts recovered would need to go through a conservation process, which will take some time, before they could be displayed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:31:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101356

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sanctions are available to his Department if the Maritime Heritage Foundation or the Odyssey Marine Exploration attempt to sell any material of any kind from the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 in contravention of the Deed of Gift, the UNESCO Annex and Government's Key Management Principles.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Clause 2 of the Deed of Gift prevents the Maritime Heritage Foundation (MHF) from selling, giving or otherwise disposing of anything transferred under the Deed without the express consent of the Secretary of State for Defence. No sale would be valid in the absence of such agreement and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) would be able to take direct enforcement action either through injunction or action for &quot;delivery up&quot; against a third party in possession of any artefacts requiring their return to the MHF.</p><p>In addition, as the artefacts were transferred to the MHF on trust for the education and benefit of the nation, the MOD, as the donor, could seek cause of action for breach of trust if the Deed of Gift was found to be broken.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 17:32:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

101357

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	HMS Victory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has been subject to any prospect of legal action by the Maritime Heritage Foundation or the Odyssey Marine Exploration, regarding the recovery of material from HMS Victory 1744.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	212330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>There has been no threat of legal action by the Maritime Heritage Foundation or Odyssey Marine Exploration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/11/2014 16:35:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones