§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will arrange for a special grant to be made available to cover the cost of cleaning the outside of Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's, Westminster.
§ Mr. ChannonThe Government are at present considering whether they can and should make a contribution towards the cost of cleaning and repairing the external stonework of Westminster Abbey.
St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, however, is in a different category, similar to a parish church, and it has never been the policy to give grants for such churches in regular use for public worship, except in certain cases under operation "Eyesore" in development areas.