§ 10. Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement about his current plans in connection with the millennium fund.
§ Mr. BrookeI shall set out the Government's policy on the millennium fund during the passage of the National Lottery Bill.
§ Mr. CohenHow will projects financed by the millennium fund differ from those financed by the national lottery? A good many grandiose projects featured in the Conservative party manifesto; why should we wait for the millennium fund to be financed by the lottery? Why do the Government not put some money into it now, and start spending it now?
§ Mr. BrookeThe millennium fund is associated with either the year 2000 or the year 2001—there is a degree of academic argument about that. There is plenty of time for the National Lottery Bill to afford the resources for the millennium fund.