SIR WILLIAMBULL (Hammersmith)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether the director and trustees of the National Portrait Gallery are satisfied that the alleged portrait of Charlotte Bronte is genuine; and, if not, whether any steps can be taken better to safeguard the expenditure of public money on works of art.
§ MR. MCKENNA (for Mr. HARCOURT)I have not been able to obtain the views of the trustees, but I am in communication with them; and if the hon. Member will put down his Question again later in the session I hope to be able to inform him of their reply to his inquiry.