§ 60. Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in the light of recent decisions in the North-West of England, if she will make a statement on her policy towards whether grants for the arts should be dependent upon political conformity.
§ Mr. OakesMy right hon. Friend shares the Arts Council's view that in the field of the arts political discrimination by public grant aiding bodies is to be deplored.