§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State answering in respect of the Arts whether he will list the drawings which, having been sold at auction from the Chatsworth collection on 3 July, were referred to the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art, but in respect of which that committee did not recommend the temporary withholding of an export licence, together with the valuations of the individual items.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe details of applications referred to the reviewing committee are treated as confidential, because of their commercial nature, until they have been cleared with the applicants for publication in the committee's report; meanwhile, information is only supplied in respect of licences withheld on the committee's recommendation.