{"id":26569,"date":"2020-06-10T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26569"},"modified":"2020-06-10T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:17:24","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-92-lords-considers-covid-19-impact-on-museums-and-galleries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26569","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 92: Lords considers Covid-19 impact on museums and galleries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rte main-introduction\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26570\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Art_work_person_UK_Gov_OpenLicence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>Members of the Lords asked the government what steps it was taking to support museums, galleries, and historic buildings open to the public that are affected by the restrictions in place to address the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday 21 May.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more-->Parliament UK writes:<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Lords\u00a0asked the government what steps it\u00a0was taking to support museums, galleries, and historic buildings open to the public that are affected by the restrictions in place to address the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday 21 May.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers included a\u00a0former member of the Historic Buildings Council and the director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_FormContent_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlMainBody_wrapperDiv\" class=\"rte\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/parliamentlive.tv\/event\/index\/fb667023-2311-4500-9aa6-9b5209248234?in=16:02:09\">Watch the debate on Parliament TV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/Lords\/2020-05-21\/debates\/7CB3149F-00C9-45BE-B9D4-F7BD9035EDC7\/Covid-19MuseumsGalleriesAndHistoricBuildings\">Read the transcript in Lords Hansard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lordslibrary.parliament.uk\/research-briefings\/lln-2020-0101\/\">Lords Library note<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This\u00a0was a general debate. During debates, members put their experience to good use to discuss current issues and draw the government&#8217;s attention to concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/282\/contact\">Lord Cormack<\/a>\u00a0(Conservative), former member of the Historic Buildings Council,\u00a0put forward the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Members taking part included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/2534\/contact\">Baroness Andrews<\/a>\u00a0(Labour), trustee of the National Museum of Wales<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/3699\/contact\">Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury<\/a>\u00a0(Liberal Democrats), trustee of the Lowry Arts Centre, Salford Quays<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/3380\/contact\">Lord Crathorne<\/a>\u00a0(Conservative), vice-president of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/3838\/contact\">Lord Janvrin<\/a>\u00a0(Crossbench), trustee of the Portrait Fund, National Portrait Gallery<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/4199\/contact\">Baroness Wheatcroft<\/a> (Non-affiliated), director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/members.parliament.uk\/member\/4703\/contact\">Baroness Barran<\/a>\u00a0(Conservative), Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,\u00a0responded on behalf of the government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/news\/2020\/may\/lords-considers-covid19-impact-on-museums-and-galleries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Lords asked the government what steps it was taking to support museums, galleries, and historic buildings open to the public that are affected by the restrictions in place to address the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday 21 May. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26569\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26571,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26569\/revisions\/26571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}