§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review the rôle of the regional arts associations and their means of finance.
§ Mr. Hugh JenkinsRegional arts associations are independent bodies and receive a large part of their resources by way of grants from the Arts Council.
578WTheir work is being examined in the course of the inquiry undertaken by Lord Redcliffe-Maud and sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation. No doubt all those concerned will study Lord Redcliffe-Maud's report with interest when it is completed, as I shall myself.