§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state (a) the total number of export licences actually issued in respect of 61 drawings sold at auction on 3 July from the Chatsworth collection, together with the total value applicable to them and (b) the total number of items for which export licences have been temporarily withheld, together with the total value applicable to them.
§ Mr. ChannonLicences have been temporarily withheld, on the advice of the reviewing committee on the export of works of art, for 13 items having a total value of £13,360,480. Licences for the remaining items have been issued in normal course. The value of these items is a matter of commercial confidentiality.