§ Mr. DAYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any decision has now been arrived at with
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STATEMENT showing the amount of Government Grants (excluding grants for capital purposes) received by Local Authorities in the undermentioned Administrative Counties in the year ending 31st March, 1928, distinguishing the purposes for which the grants were paid. The grants shown below include, in addition to Voted Monies, grants out of the Local Taxation Account and out of the Road Fund. Name of Administrative County. For Education. For Poor-Law Belief (excluding pauper lunatics). For Highways. For Lunacy and Mental Deficiency. Under the Agricultural Rates Acts, 1896 and 1923. For Police, Housing, Public Health and all other services. Total. COUNTIES:— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Berkshire … 153,629 12,139 115,514 7,614 38,647 181,184 508,727 Southampton … 282,531 21,091 256,789 21,286 65,603 334,884 982,184 Wiltshire … 280,682 19,490 194,133 17,724 111,126 255,945 879,100 reference to the recommendation made by the Royal Commission on national museums and galleries in their Report in September last to the effect that opening two evenings a week should be tried at certain national museums; and can he give the House particulars?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEIt is pro posed to take immediate steps for opening the Science Museum experimentally till 10 p.m. on two evenings a week, and for extending to the same hour the existing evening openings at the Victoria and Albert and Bethnal Green Museums. The remaining recommendations of the Commission under this head require further consideration in connection with the forthcoming Estimates.