§ Sir Hal MillerTo ask the Minister for the Arts, if there have been any items accepted in lieu of tax or allocated since he last made an announcement on the subject to the House.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to the reply, 20 April 1990, c. 1042]: I am pleased to announce the acceptance of a collection of works by and relating to John Piper in lieu of £137,918 tax. A decision on the allocation of this collection has yet to be taken but I have decided to allocate a number of offers accepted in the last financial year as follows: the painting "Richmond près Londres" by Corot shall go to the London borough of Richmond upon Thames for display in Orleans house; the Constable painting "Farm Cart with Horse in Harness" will go to the Ipswich museum and the Kirckman harpsichord will be allocated to the Manchester city art gallery for display and to use in recitals at Heaton hall. Finally I would like to inform the House that a further payment of £360 has been made to the Inland Revenue in relation to the acceptance in lieu of the Beechey painting announced on 20 April. The total tax satisfied by the acceptance of this painting is therefore £151,849.