HC Deb 02 June 1965 vol 713 c236W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the number of occasions in 1963 and 1964 on which the Treasury called on experts to examine objects on which exemption from death duties was claimed, from each of the nine national museums and galleries.

Mr. MacDermot

The table below shows the number of occasions upon which the Treasury took advice from the national museums and galleries for the purpose.

1963 1964
National Gallery 26 19
National Portrait Gallery 22 12
Victoria and Albert Museum 87 57
British Museum 22 31
Tate Gallery 23 13
National Gallery of Scotland 3 5
Royal Scottish Museum 3 1
National Museum of Wales 3 1
National Library of Scotland 1