§ 53. Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide the necessary funds to enable the trustees of the British Museum to extend evening opening for readers to cover all weekdays from October when the Reading Room will be closed for four months for repairs, in order to permit the museum to cater for the normal daily number of readers.
§ Mr. BarberIt is for the Trustees to decide, within the limits of the resources which Parliament will be asked to vote them for 1963–64, whether they will extend late opening for readers beyond the present two evenings a week. I understand that the matter is still under consideration and that the hon. Gentleman's point will be borne in mind.