To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice she has received on the provenance of the Sevso Treasure. (106435)

My Department has received representations from representatives of the Hungarian Government as to the provenance of the Sevso Treasure. I have not received other advice as to its provenance. I am aware that its provenance is disputed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Governments of (a) Croatia, (b) Hungary and (c) the Lebanon on the provenance of the Sevso treasure. (106436)

I have had no discussions with the Governments of Croatia or Lebanon on the provenance of the Sevso treasure. My Department has received representations from representatives of the Hungarian Government in relation to the provenance of the Treasure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received from the Ministry of Education and Culture in Hungary on the Sevso treasure. (106437)

We have had a number of contacts with representatives of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Hungary in relation to the Sevso treasure. Representatives of the Ministry wrote to my Department to set out the Republic of Hungary’s official position in relation to the Sevso silver in October 2005, and subsequently in October 2006 to reiterate their concerns in the light of the exhibition of the Sevso treasure at Bonhams. Officials in my Department have also met representatives of the Ministry of Education and Culture to discuss the Sevso treasure.