§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now exempt all works of art from value added tax in accordance with the recommendation number 36 of the Eighth Report of the Expenditure Committee, bearing in mind that this tax provides an incentive for dealers to export works of art and the urgent necessity to preserve the national heritage.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe Expenditure Committee's recommendations are being studied, as are the comments of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities, which said that in its 31st report, in paragraph 16
the solution to this problem must be sought elsewhere than in pressing for amendment of VAT law".