§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to the answer by the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Derby, North on 20 December, Official Report, c. 664–5, concerning support for the Arts Council, which national companies will be subject to financial investigation.
§ Mr. ChannonThe Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to the answer by the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Derby, North on 20 December, Official Report, c. 664–5, whether the £5 million supplementary provision to the Arts Council will be linked to proposals for the funding of the national companies outside the Arts Council; and whether such proposals are under consideration in his Department.
§ Mr. ChannonNo. Proposals for a separate grant to fund the national companies are being considered together with the other recommendations contained in the eighth report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee, Session 1981–82.