§ Mr. Wareingasked the Minister for the Arts what is his latest assessment of the implications for the level of grant to arts organisations of the abolition of Merseyside county council.
§ Mr. LuceThe whole burden of supporting museums and galleries on Merseyside, and a major share of the cost of supporting the performing arts, is being assumed out of central Government funding. The five district councils are being relieved of substantial precepts, and I hope that we shall soon have a positive commitment from them all.