MADAM – The Public Monuments & Sculpture Association shares many of the concerns which have been expressed in your letters pages since the last statements from Defra on the ivory issue.
Accordingly, we are seeking counsel’s opinion not only as to the way the ‘consultation’ was phrased, conducted and concluded but also as to whether the intended legislation in fact contravenes human rights legislation.
By this we mean the government is effectively confiscating, without compensation, all value from owners of sculpted ivory that is less than 100 years old.