§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his answer of 9 March 1998,Official Report, column 22, if he will list those societies and groups which have made written requests to visit the Lord Chancellor's official residence; if he proposes to accommodate these requests; what his policy is in respect of future requests; and if he will make a statement. [35031]
§ Mr. HoonSince 6 March, the number of requests to visit the Residence has grown. By 13 March 1998, 58 letters have been received. The Groups and Societies which have made written requests to visit the Residence are as follows:
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- Barbican Tuesday Club
- Clapham Common Architectural Society
- Evesham Art Society
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
- Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Friends of the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
- Hadlow Women's Institute
- Heart of England Heritage
- Kensington and Chelsea National Trust Association
- London Appreciation Society
- National Trust for Scotland
- Sheffield 41 Club
- South West London Decorative and Fine Arts Society
- Staines Ladies
- University of the Third Age in Cambridge
- Unnamed art group
- Unnamed group of senior citizens
- Unnamed theatre group.
All letters requesting visits to the Residence are acknowledged, and when the final arrangements for opening the Residence are made, information on these arrangements will be sent to all who write on the subject to the Lord Chancellor or his officials. They will then be able to arrange visits to the Residence.