HC Deb 07 February 1940 vol 357 cc235-6W
Mr. Mander

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he will give particulars of the work to be performed by the committee of artists appointed under the chairmanship of Sir Kenneth Clarke?

Sir E. Grigg

The Artists' Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Information was formed in November with the object of drawing up a list of artists qualified to help in compiling some artistic record of the war, similar to that made of the war of 1914–18 and now preserved in the Imperial War Museum. The committee advises, in co-operation with the Service Departments and where necessary with other Departments, on the selection of artists from this list for specific war purposes and on the arrangements for their employment. It also advises on such questions as copyright, disposal and exhibition of works, and the publication of reproductions.