§ Mr. Cormackasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will increase the current annual purchase grant of the National Gallery by the amount which the Gallery devoted to the acquisition of the portrait by Drouris of Mme de Pompadour in view of the financial benefit to the Treasury of the sale of the contents of Mentmore Towers.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesNo. The National Gallery is meeting the cost from within its existing purchase grant.