§ Mr. Buchanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received from the trustees of the three Scottish National Galleries and of the National Museum of Antiquities estimates of the cost of administration of admission charges for the first year of their imposition; and what percentage of the gross receipts these expenses will amount to.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe Scottish National Museums and Galleries have costed their proposals for implementing the Government's decision that charges for entry should be made. Until I have considered these proposals and discussions have been held with the Institutions, however, there can be no agreed estimate of cost. As I said in my reply 297W to the hon. Member for Hamilton (Mr. Alexander Wilson) on 25th May, detailed estimates of income from the charges in respect of the Scottish Institutions alone have not been prepared.—[Vol. 818, c. 106–7.]