NMDC position statements and consultation responses

NMDC works with members and external partners to drive the development of museum policy and ensure that the role of museums, libraries and archives is represented in wider policy discussions.  Our work in this area includes responding to government and sector consultations highlighting the recommendations and concerns of our members.

• NMDC response to Arts Council NPO funding announcements Nov 2022
• NMDC Response to Autumn Budget and Spending Review Oct 2021
• NMDC Response to COVID-status Certification Review March 2021
• NMDC welcomes Culture Recovery Fund round 1 and 2 announcements Oct 2020
• Joint Museum Sector Statement on £1.57bn Funding for Culture. July 2020
• Joint museum sector bodies' statement on Prime Minister's Announcement on 23 June, June 2020
• Museum Reopening will be a Slow Process, May 2020
• Museum and Heritage Sector Joint Statement March 2020
• NMDC response to COVID-19 March 2020
• NMDC Response to 2020 Budget March 2020
• NMDC Response to Culture Investment Fund announcement October 2019
• Joint letter to The Times from NMDC, MA and Art Fund September 2019
• NMDC response to the 2019 Spending Review, September 2019
• NMDC response to the Museum Partnership Report
  August 2019
• NMDC response to '2014 copyright changes: post-implementation reviews' Call for Evidence
  April 2019
• NMDC response to DCMS consultation on strengthening the process to retain national treasures
  February 2019
• NMDC response to ‘A Culture Strategy for Scotland’ consultation
  January 2019
• NMDC response to DCMS Commons Inquiry into the growth of ‘immersive and addictive technologies’
  January 2019
• Joint response to Charity Tax Commission Call for Evidence
  July 2018
• NMDC response to DCMS call for evidence on approach to Loneliness Strategy
  July 2018
• NMDC response to Core Cities Cultural Cities Enquiry
  June 2018
• NMDC response to DCMS Civil Society Strategy Engagement Exercise
  May 2018
• NMDC response to Local Government Association call for evidence on Brexit Impacts
  May 2018
• Joint response to House of Lords Home Affairs Sub-Committee on impact on movement of people post-Brexit
  February 2018
• NMDC response to House of Lords Select Committee Foreign Policy Inquiry
  February 2018
• Joint response to DCMS Select Committee Inquiry on the social impact of participation in culture and sport
  February 2018
• NMDC response to Defra consultation on ban of ivory sales
  December 2017
• NMDC response to the Home Office consultation on legislation to define
  antique firearms
  December 2017
• Joint response to the Home Office consultation on new laws for offensive weapons
  December 2017
• NMDC response to The Mendoza Review and the Strategic review of DCMS-sponsored national museums
  November 2017
• NMDC and MA joint response to MAC Enquiry Call for Evidence
  October 2017
• NMDC response to DCMS Museums Review call for evidence
  October 2016
• NMDC submission to Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry on the Impact of Brexit on the creative industries, tourism and the digital single market
  October 2016
• NMDC submission to HM Treasury consultation on Museums and galleries exhibition tax relief 
  October 2016
• NMDC submission to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Rural Tourism
  September 2016
• NMDC submission to All Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry into Arts, Health and Well-being - Museums, health and well-being: case studies
  August 2016
• NMDC response to the EU Referendum result
  July 2016
• NMDC submission to Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry 'Countries of Culture'
  April 2016
• NMDC response to publication of the DCMS Culture White Paper
  March 2016
• Joint museum sector submission to the DCMS Culture White Paper consultation
  February 2016
• NMDC response to the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review
  November 2015
• NMDC statement on the protection of cultural heritage in armed conflict
  June 2015
• Joint museum sector statement regarding unethical sale from museum collections
  March 2015
• NMDC response to the DCMS Call for Evidence about the National Lottery, society lotteries and good causes
  March 2015
• NMDC response to the consultation on the change to the term of copyright in unpublished works
  December 2014
• NMDC response to The National Archives' consultation on the transposition of the revised Public Sector Information Directive
  October 2014
• NMDC response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into Tourism
  September 2014
• NMDC and Museums IP Network response to the Intellectual Property Office's consultation on a domestic orphan works licensing scheme and the EU Orphan Works Directive
  February 2014
• NMDC response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into the work of Arts Council England
  February 2014
• NMDC submission to the call for evidence for the House of Lords inquiry in the UK's soft power
  September 2013
• Museum sector response to the technical review of proposed copyright exceptions
  August 2013
• NMDC response to the Department for Education consultation on the revised History National Curriculum
  August 2013
• NMDC response to the EU Balance of Competences Review: Culture
  August 2013
• NMDC response to the 2013 Spending Review
  June 2013
• NMDC response to the Department for Education consultation on the History National Curriculum, Key Stages 1 - 3
  April 2013
• NMDC response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into the creative industries
  November 2012
• NMDC response to the Creative Europe consultation
  March 2012
• NMDC response to the Government consultation Gifts of pre-eminent objects and works of art to the nation
  September 2011
• NMDC response to the Government's Giving Green Paper
  March 2011
• NMDC response to the Office of Tax Simplification review into tax reliefs
  March 2011
• NMDC statement on the abolition of the MLA
  August 2010
• NMDC response to Tourism Policy Review
  January 2009
• NMDC response to the European Commission Green Paper on ‘Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’
  November 2008
• NMDC response to Financial Reporting Exposure Draft 42: Heritage Assets
  October 2008
• NMDC response to the Museums Association consultation on sustainability
  September 2008
• NMDC submission to HM Treasury consultation on residence and domicile
  February 2008
• Letter from NMDC Chair on inclusion of national museums in Cultural Offer for Young People
  February 2008
• NMDC response to HM Treasury Gift Aid Consultation
  September 2007
• NMDC submission to the Arts Taskforce
  July 2007
• National Collections: an NMDC brief for new Ministers
  June 2007
• Free admission to museums
  21 June 2007
• NMDC response to the Museum Association consultation on proposed changes to the MA Code of Ethics
  15 June 2007
• Mark Jones' presentation to the All Party Arts and Heritage Group
  16 May 2007
• NMDC response to the House of Commons Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee Inquiry: Tourism
  30 March 2007
• Tribunals, Courts & Enforcement Bill - legislation to protect cultural property on loan to UK museums and galleries
  1 March 2007
• NMDC response to regional task force report
  23 October 2001
• NMDC response to Simon Jenkins's article of 5 October 2001 calling for privatisation of national museums
  10 October 2001
• UK Museums' Provenance Research for the Period 1933-1945: Statement of Principles and Proposed Actions 1998