§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Prime Minister, following the reorganisation of departmental responsibilities for arts, to which Department she intends that the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries should be transferred in April 1981.
§ The Prime MinisterOn 1 April 1981, departmental responsibility for the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries will pass from the Civil Service Department 15W to the Department of Education and Science, where its work will fall within the remit of my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Arts.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Prime Minister who is to be responsible for the appointments to the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries which is now manned substantially below establishment levels which pertained earlier.
§ The Prime MinisterAs First Lord of the Treasury, I am responsible for the appointment of the chairman and the 13 members of the Standing Commission, including seven members on the nomination of the trustees, councils or advisory bodies of various national museums. There are at present four vacancies, and these will be filled in due course.