§ Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amount of money at present in the Land Fund; and for what specific purposes it has been used in the past six months.
§ Mr. PowellOn 16th December the Land Fund held cash and securities of a nominal value totalling £10,175,390. During the past six months the acceptance in settlement of estate duty of eight pre-eminent works of art from Chatsworth, of the Mark Hall Estate, Harlow, and of Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, and two payments to the Minister of Works under Section 7 of the Historic Buildings Act, 1953, have been financed through the Fund.