§ 31. Dame Irene Wardasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will propose to the Arts Council that they should issue a guide sheet for local authorities advising them on how the moneys they allocate to the arts could be spent to maximum effect.
Miss LeeThe circumstances of local authorities vary so widely that I am sure advice from the Arts Council on individual queries, rather than a guide sheet of the kind suggested, is the best way to help them.
§ Dame Irene WardWill the right hon. Lady bear in mind that, in order to develop the work of the Arts Council and appreciation of the arts throughout the country, anything that can he done to bring the local authorities and the Arts Council together would be a very good thing for the arts in general?
Miss LeeI accept that completely. As the hon. Lady knows, guide notes have been prepared by the more advanced regional associations which have been helpful to the less advanced ones. At the moment it seems to us that the circumstances vary so enormously that it would be almost impossible to get guide notes with general relevance.