§ 100. Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of any communications he or his Department has had with the French Government concerning the cancellation of the work of the Scottish artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay commissioned by the French Government to commemorate the bicentenary of the French Revolution; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ChalkerWe have had no formal contact with the French Government about this matter, although we have been following it closely. I understand that the French Ministry of Culture had written to Mr. Ian Hamilton Finlay with a detailed explanation of its decision.