§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the powers of the Board of Governors under the Museums of London Act, 1965, when the Board is constituted, to determine at their discretion the imposition of admission charges.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe powers of the Board of Governors are conferred by the Act and it would be inappropriate for me to attempt to summarise or to construe them.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she proposes to seek power to require the Board of Governors of the Museum of London, when fully constituted under the 1965 Act, to surrender the total proceeds of admission charges to the Exchequer, notwithstanding Section 14 of the Act in question.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeNo. It would clearly be inappropriate that any monies earned by a museum financed jointly with the Corporation of the City of London and the Greater London Council should be surrendered totally to the Exchequer.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans she has to remove the power of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery, which they inherited in 1955 from the Trustees of the National Gallery and which was not affected by the Treasury Minute of 5th February, 1955, or Statutory Instrument No. 603 of 1965, to impose entrance fees at their discretion in accordance with the Treasury letter of 1921.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeNone.