§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will introduce legislation to enable the Public Lending Right for authors to be financed by means of a lottery.
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§ Miss Jennie LeeI would refer my hon. Friend to my Answer of 21st March about the Arts Council's report on Public Lending Right.—[Vol. 761, c. 575–6.]
As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in his Budget Statement, the House will be given an opportunity of taking a decision on the principle of a national lottery. How the proceeds of such a lottery would be allocated would be for further consideration.