§ 84. Mr. C. S. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what object he hopes to achieve from the expenditure of £1,682,000 on the British Council; and what foreign countries spend money here for the reverse process.
§ Mr. NuttingThe money made available to the British Council on the Foreign Office Vote is spent in fostering cultural relations with foreign countries. Among the objects which this expenditure achieves are to make the English language and literature and the British way of life better known in foreign countries, and to bring selected individuals and groups from those countries to see174W things for themselves in the United Kingdom.
Eight countries, namely, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and Sweden maintain cultural institutes in this country; and a great many other countries, including the United States of America, either maintain cultural attachés in their diplomatic missions in London, or sponsor cultural relations with the United Kingdom in other ways.