§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent it is the policy of his Department to intervene in the purchase for the National Gallery of individual paintings; and how much public money will be expended for this purpose.
§ Miss Jennie LeeThe purchasing policy of the National Gallery is the responsibility of the Trustees, and I do not intervene. The National Gallery, like all the national institutions, is of course supported from public funds and receives a grant-in-aid for the purchase of pictures. Where, in individual cases, the Trustees wish to make a purchase which they cannot finance wholly out of their own resources, it is open to them to apply to the Department for help through a special purchase grant.