§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the acquisition by the National Trust of Baddesley Clinton was facilitated financially by the national land found; and whether he will specify the procedure whereby this assistance was proffered, the form which it took and the sum which was involved.
Mr. Biff en[pursuant to his reply, 19 May 1980, c. 43]: Baddesley Clinton, its contents and 120 acres of surrounding parkland were purchased by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment under subsection 5(1) and 135W (2) of the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953. The cost of acquiring the property, £327,000, was met from the national land fund as provided for in section 7 of the same Act. The property was transferred under subsection 5 (3) of the 1953 Act to the National Trust, who will manage it and open it to the public.