HC Deb 14 July 1966 vol 731 cc243-4W
Mr. Gwilym Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make it a condition of the grants now made to leading orchestras that they should perform at school and public halls in towns without orchestral facilities.

Miss Jennie Lee

Our leading orchestras already tour a great deal and it must be left to their discretion where they go. They obviously have to take into account the suitability of the halls in a town and the size of audience likely to be attracted.