§ MR. QUILTER, (Suffolk, Sudbury)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if, in the event of the Licensing Clauses being withdrawn, Her Majesty's Government will consider the desirability of applying the sum (or a portion of it) thus rendered available towards the provision of a suitable site and building for a National Gallery of British Art in a central position in the Metropolis?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, in answer to a question yesterday, indicated the course the Government desired to pursue with respect to Mr. Tate's most generous offer.
MR. QUIETERCannot the Government establish a gallery in a position more accessible to the north and east of London than South Kensington?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI am under the impression that South Kensington is accessible to the north and east of London. Sites for such a gallery more accessible to the north and east of London would be very difficult to obtain.