§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he had made to take action to preserve the Churchill papers intact for the nation before the National Heritage Memorial Fund decided to make national lottery funds available for this purpose.[23693]
§ Mr. DorrellThe Government had commenced proceedings in the High Court with the object of preserving the papers intact for the nation.
§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage who assessed the historical significance of each of the items in the Churchill papers. [23178]
§ Mr. DorrellFollowing its normal procedures, the NHMF took advice on the content of the archive from the British Library and the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts as statutory heritage agencies. Individual historians and other relevant institutions were also consulted.