§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Trade what cases there have been of the sale abroad of works of art, following the issue of export licences for temporary exhibition abroad.
§ Mr. TebbitIt is not the practice to disclose particulars of individual export licensing cases, but my Department is aware of two instances in the last 10 years in which works not of national importance were temporarily exported and subsequently sold while abroad. The pro-
208WRussian origin imported in 1979 was 52.2 million.