§ 52. Mr. MANDERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is proposed to make additional funds available for the trustees of the British Museum in order to enable them to finance home excavation schemes, as recommended by the Royal Commission on Museums and Art Galleries?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Pethick-Lawrence)No, Sir. In view of the opinion of the British Museum trustees, as explained in the answer which my right hon. Friend 970 gave in the House on the 5th June, home excavation work does not appear to be a productive field of employment justifying special financial provision for it.