§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the National Gallery pressed for the acceptance in satisfaction of estate duty of the portrait of Madame de Pompadour by Drouais; and whether the eventual purchase of the painting by the National Gallery was a consequence of the administrative regulation limiting the gratuitous allocation to national museums of works of art thus accepted.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesThe answer to both parts of the Question is "No".