§ 141. Mr. Bowen Wellsasked the Minister for the Arts if he will encourage wider lending of exhibits from the national museums and galleries to local museums and galleries.
§ Mr. LuceI am anxious to encourage greater public access to museum and gallery collections, and was delighted to announce last week that the Museums and Galleries Commission intends in 1987 to introduce a new scheme to encourage touring exhibitions. I also welcome the co-operation between the national museums, the MGC and the area museum councils to enable objects to he lent between collections. Such loans are greatly facilitated by the Government's indemnity scheme.