§ 73. Mr. John EvansTo ask the Minister for the Arts if he has any plans to enforce charges for art galleries.
§ Mr. LuceThe Government's repeatedly stated policy is that the decision whether to operate a system of admission charges or voluntary donations should be for the board of trustees responsible for each institution.
The Government neither impose nor prohibit the imposition of admission charges.
I confirm this in the Government's response to the recent report of the Education, Science and Arts Committee, copies of which I placed in the Library of the House on 12 March.