Business of the House

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 3 December 1981.

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Photo of Mr Andrew Faulds Mr Andrew Faulds , Warley East 3:30, 3 December 1981

With my natural modesty, I hope that I do not have to travel to the Front Bench to ask my question. In view of the impending danger to a number of British cultural institutions—we have had warnings from the director of the British Museum, and from the director of the British Film Archive about the survival of the nitrate film stock—when can we have an urgent debate on the funding of the arts in Britain, which is a critical matter?