HC Deb 26 October 1965 vol 718 cc36-7W
Mr. Driberg

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made in working out the scheme for providing financial assistance to authors.

Miss Jennie Lee

Previously the Arts Council had a Poetry Panel; the activities of this have now been expanded to cover literature generally, and one of the subjects which the new Panel is considering is that part of the Government's White Paper "A Policy for the Arts—The First Steps" which is concerned with financial assistance to authors.