Updated: 16 February, 2007
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The key issues we have been involved with:

Understanding the future: priorities for England ’s museums

Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Caring for our
            Collections

Validation of planning applications

Conservation principles for the sustainable management of
             the historic environment

Protecting, preserving and making accessible our nation's
            heritage

English Heritage Research Strategy 2005 – 2010 and a
            proposal to develop a UK-wide strategy for research

Understanding the future: museums and 21 st century life -
            The value of museums

Better Places to Live - RESCUE's response

Thornborough henges - RESCUE's response

Review of Heritage Protection: The way forward

Museums in crisis - An outline of the RESCUE position

Response to Review of the National Monuments Record

Response to the Historic Environment Records
            consultation paper

A response to 'Protecting our Historic Environment'

Ripping up History

Crownhill Down

Iraq's Threatened Archaeology

Latest on Newport Ship

17^th Century Warship, HMS Sussex

Stonehenge - the current situation

UPDATE Meeting dates 2006 - 2007

Council meetings for 2005-2006 are 14th May, 25th June, 17th September, 26th November, and 21st January 2006.The AGM and Open Meeting for 2006 will be on 4th March, all are held at the Museum of London

If you have any issues to be raised do not hesitate to contact us on:

rescue@rescue-archaeology.freeserve.co.uk
Call Brenda Hobbs on 01992 553377
or Chris Jones on 01228 562978
or Peter Alexander Fitzgerald on 01570 481 263

HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT FORUM.
The Government has released a statement on the future of the historic environment. "The Historic Environment: A force for our future" was released on 13^th December following the earlier release of Power of Place, following a large scale consultation exercise drawing together responses to a series of questionnaires from several different organisations and private individuals.

An article in response to this statement will appear shortly in Rescue News, in the meantime the report can be accessed online at: http://www.culture.gov.uk/heritage/historic_environment_review.html

ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP
The deadline for submissions to the All Party Parliamentary Group has now passed and further details will be posted as soon as they become available.

Further information is available at the Group's website:
http://www.sal.org.uk/appag/index.htm

PLANNING GREEN PAPER
As part of a wholesale review of the planning system the Government have produced a Green Paper stating its proposals for change. These include a review of, among others, PPG15 and 16. Council Member and former Vice-Chairman Tony Scrase has provided some thoughts on the Green Paper.

CURRENT SITES

VERULAMIUM
RESCUE has been closely monitoring developments at the Roman Town of Verulamium, where negotiations between Government and the Estate have been ongoing in order to settle a stalemate over the ploughing of part of the estate granted Scheduled Monument Consent.

For more information about the Roman town visit:
http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/verulamium_museum.htm