Bridgetown.
Barbados Cultural Industries Development Bill is expected to be taken Cabinet and Parliament before the end of the year.
Minister of Culture, Stephen Lashley made the disclosure last evening while addressing the opening of 2011 Central Bank Crop Over Visual Arts Festival at the Grande Salle, Tom Adams Financial Centre.
He stated that the consultations would be held with all of the stakeholders so they could express their views of the draft Bill.
The minister stated that his ministry would seek to identify the essential "tools of the trade" which should be included in the Schedule to the bill.
"These scheduled items will be eligible for the grant of special customs duty and tax concessions,"the minister said.
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