HC Deb 15 July 1980 vol 988 cc518-9W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in view of the recent bequest by Count Seilers of paintings and drawings to the Courtauld Institute of Art, London university, he will sympathetically explore the possibility of facilities being made available at Somerset House for the public to have access to that collection.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

As I indicated in my previous answer to the hon. Member's question of 2 June, we are studying the feasibility of using the Strand Block of Somerset House as the permanent home of a major art collection.—[Vol. 985, c. 583.]

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