10 Downing Street (Silver)

HC Deb 25 November 1988 vol 142 cc34-5W

Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Prime Minister what silver items have been loaned for use at No. 10 Downing street; and to whom they belong.

The Prime Minister

No. 10 Downing street has silver on loan from the trustees of the Victoria and Albert and the British Museums and a number of items kindly loaned by private owners whose names it would not be the practice to make public.