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Archive policy consultation
The MLA is working hand in hand with The National Archives on developing a new government policy for publicly-funded archive services in England and Wales. This will replace the existing government policy on archives which was issued by the then Lord chancellor as a Command Paper in 1999.
A Government consultation on the new policy was launched on 6th May 2009.
The proposed policy paper Archives for the 21st Century sets out a path, for publicly funded archive services in England and Wales, to raise the profile of the important contribution archives make to everyone’s lives and to kick start activities that will ensure they survive into the future.
This consultation is now closed. A consultation report summarising the responses received will be published around the same time as the final document, during Autumn 2009.