What steps are being taken to check the stock in the collections held by (a) the British Museum, (b) the Victoria and Albert Museum and (c) the national museums in Scotland and Wales against their inventories; and when these checks were last made.

What steps are being taken to check the stock in the collections held by (a) the British Museum, (b) the Victoria and Albert Museum and (c) the national museums in Scotland and Wales against their inventories; and when these checks were last made.

What is her estimate of the proportion of internationally available scientific literature and patent collections that is available in conditions of open access at each of the British Library's reading rooms. - Inc figs.

What is her estimate of the proportion of internationally available scientific literature and patent collections that is available in conditions of open access at each of the British Library's reading rooms. - Inc figs.

What plans exist to return to Ethiopia the ecclesiastical manuscripts, artifacts and other items taken by the British Army from Ethiopia in 1868 and currently stored in the British Library, India Office Collections and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.

What plans exist to return to Ethiopia the ecclesiastical manuscripts, artifacts and other items taken by the British Army from Ethiopia in 1868 and currently stored in the British Library, India Office Collections and the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.

If a full inventory now exists of what is owned by the state in all Royal palaces. - (Holding answer 16 May 1995).

If a full inventory now exists of what is owned by the state in all Royal palaces. - (Holding answer 16 May 1995).

To what extent the crown jewels are royal property; and what is the extent of their public ownership and interest in them.

To what extent the crown jewels are royal property; and what is the extent of their public ownership and interest in them.

If he will publish an estimate of the value at current prices of the records and artifacts claimed by the National Railway Museum in each year since it opened in York under the provisions of section 144 of the Transport Act 1968. - Info only at disproportionate cost.

If he will publish an estimate of the value at current prices of the records and artifacts claimed by the National Railway Museum in each year since it opened in York under the provisions of section 144 of the Transport Act 1968. - Info only at disproportionate cost.

Whether he intends (a) to keep the National Railway Museum in York, (b) to continue to treat it as the most important national collection of railway-related records and artifacts and (c) to continue to fund it accordingly; & what plans he has to remove the national railway museum, in York,...

Whether he intends (a) to keep the National Railway Museum in York, (b) to continue to treat it as the most important national collection of railway-related records and artifacts and (c) to continue to fund it accordingly; & what plans he has to remove the national railway museum, in York,...

By how much he plans to increase the government grant-in-aid to the National Railway Museum in the current financial year and in future years to compensate for the museum's loss of the right to claim redundant railway equipment at no cost from certain railway undertakings. - Inc fig.

By how much he plans to increase the government grant-in-aid to the National Railway Museum in the current financial year and in future years to compensate for the museum's loss of the right to claim redundant railway equipment at no cost from certain railway undertakings. - Inc fig.

What assessment he has made of whether the trustees of the Science Museum are able to meet their obligation under the National Heritage Act 1983 and to discharge the museum's mission statement including care and research of the national collection; if the proposed reduction in staff will leave in post...

What assessment he has made of whether the trustees of the Science Museum are able to meet their obligation under the National Heritage Act 1983 and to discharge the museum's mission statement including care and research of the national collection; if the proposed reduction in staff will leave in post...