PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Art Works (8 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of works of art in his Department's buildings that depict (a) former slave owners and (b) slave trade merchants; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

The artwork on display in the Department’s headquarters building at 1 Victoria Street, London, is supplied by the Government Art Collection. All works are Modern (post-1900) and contemporary pieces, and do not depict former slave owners or slave trade merchants.

Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
17 July 2020