§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister for the Arts if he will introduce legislation to empower him to ensure that publicly-funded museums and libraries do not allow their facilities to be used for propaganda displays by pressure groups; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LuceNo. Decisions on the uses to which their premises and facilities may be put are properly matters for the discretion of the authorities responsible for each institution, within the framework of the relevant governing legislation. I am not aware of any significant recent cases of abuse of such facilities for political purposes, which I would deplore.