HC Deb 03 February 1992 vol 203 cc21-2W
Mr. Moate

To ask the Minister for the Arts what is the Government's policy on charges for museums.

Mr. Renton

Unlike the stated intentions of the Opposition I leave it to the national museums for which I am responsible to decide whether to charge for entry. Charging has added useful revenue to museum budgets which has enabled widely successful exhibitions to be mounted.