§ 53. Sir WILLIAM ANSONasked the Prime Minister whether the Government are considering, or taking steps to carry into effect, the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Public Records to the effect that a permanent Board should be appointed representative of the judiciary, the public offices, and the claims of historical study to superintend the administration and finance of the Public Record Office?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThis and other recommendations of the Royal Commission are receiving the consideration of His Majesty's Government, in consultation with the Master of the Rolls. As the right hon. Baronet is doubtless aware, the Commission did not suggest that the permanent Board, to which he refers, should be constituted during the tenure of office of the present Master of the Rolls. I am informed that in pursuance of the suggestion in paragraph 171 of the Report of the Commission Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy has appointed an Advisory Committee of historical experts to advise him on the selection of material and the execution of 1he various publications issued under his authority.