§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if the recently acquired Churchill papers are insured against fire or other loss. [26366]
§ Mr. DorrellThis is a matter for the Sir Winston Churchill archive trust, the new owners of the papers which are housed at Churchill college, Cambridge. I understand the trustees will be meeting shortly to consider, among other things, arrangements for insurance of the papers.
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§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his answer of 24 May,Official Report, column 647, on the cataloguing of the Churchill archive, if he will estimate the number of items and the percentage of the collection that are state papers. [26965]
§ Mr. DorrellThe state papers in the Churchill archive are, in the main, those listed in the classes shown as "Official" in the outline catalogue which is available at Churchill college, Cambridge and at the national register of archives, Chancery lane. When the detailed catalogue, to which I referred in my rely to the hon. Member on 24 May is available it will be possible to say precisely how many items these classes comprise.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who initiated the negotiations for the sale of Winston Churchill's private papers to the national heritage memorial fund. [26866]
§ Mr. DorrellCambridge university and Churchill college, Cambridge submitted a lottery application to fund the purchase of the non-state papers. The papers are now the property of the Sir Winston Churchill archive trust, which was specially constituted for the purpose.