HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 cc76-7W
54. Mrs. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Minister for the Arts what representations he has received from British arts companies touring abroad concerning the effect on their activities of levels of funding for the British Council; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Luce

None. The funding of the British Council is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.