§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will set out the membership and terms of reference of the Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
§ Mr. BeithI understand that Madam Speaker has appointed the following Members to the Advisory Committee on Works of Art: the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks), the right hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Channon) and the hon. Members for Stockton, North (Mr. Cook), for Staffordshire, South (Mr. Cormack), for Warley, East (Mr. Faulds), for Twickenham (Mr. Jessel), for Caithness and Sutherland (Mr. Maclennan) and for Windsor and Maidenhead (Mr. Trend).
The terms of reference of the committee, which have been approved by the House of Commons Commission, are:
to advise the Speaker generally on matters relating to works of art, including acquisitions; and to advise the Accommodation and Works Committee on the policy on, conservation of, and curatorial management of the collections of pictures, statues, murals, historic furniture and furnishings and decorative interior of the Palace; and advise on the decorative interiors of other buildings in the Parliamentary Estate when requested by that Committee.