§ 33. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Minister of Education if she will circularise local educational authorities as to the advisability of purchasing suitable paintings and prints by living artists, to be hung in the class rooms of secondary schools now in use or to be built in the near future, and in training colleges; and if she will call on the Arts Council to advise in making the purchases.
§ Miss Wilkinson:Some local education authorities have already purchased for circulation original paintings and prints including some by living artists, and I hope local education authorities will extend this practice. The Arts Council are already advising several authorities and both they and the Victoria and Albert Museum would be glad to extend their services in this direction if required.