§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement regarding the policy of his Department in the area of providing cash finding for essential rescue archaeology work in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. KingI have reviewed the Department's a3sistance of essential rescue archaeology and I am satisfied with the present level of funding by the Department which, at £3.5 million for England for the current year, is similar in real terms with that for last year. I do not have responsibility for other parts of the United Kingdom.