§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will authorise the holding at Somerset House in the autumn of the current year of a commercial exhibition of works of art and antiques, bearing in mind the cancellation of the Antique Dealers' Fair at Grosvenor House and the consequent serious financial losses involved.
§ Mr. StanleyI have undertaken to consider sympathetically the request to hold this event in Somerset House. The detailed implications of the proposal have yet to be investigated.