HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 cc577-8W
Mr. Cormack

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the fact that three-quarters of the purchase price of Gainsborough's portrait of Sir Benjamin Truman has now been found, and in recognition of the Tate Gallery's service in the securing of the nation's heritage during the last year and of the gesture of the National Portrait Gallery in making a donation to the Tate from their own purchase grant, she will now make a special purchase grant of £100,000 to enable the Tate to add this important picture to the national collection.

Mr. Oakes

The conditions which have to be fulfilled before a special purchase grant can be considered have not arisen.