§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the progress that has been made in the negotiations between 251W his Department and the University of London to house the Courtauld institute together with the Impressionist and Seilern collections in Somerset House.
§ Mr. HeseltineI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dagenham (Mr. Parker) on 20 January 1982—[Vol. 16, c.147.]
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what financial arrangements he has made to enable the collections of works of art belonging to the Courtauld institute to be housed in Somerset House; and whether he will attend to this as a matter of urgency.
§ Mr. HeseltineI cannot give details of the financial arrangements until consideration of the issues is completed. The Department is moving as quickly as is possible in dealing with such a complex matter.