Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gareth Thomas and Helen Whately

Thursday 3rd October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op)]

T3. Major national cultural institutions such as the Tate should put their brands as well as the art in their collections behind efforts to support regional and local art galleries and museums. Will the Minister therefore encourage the Tate to support proposals for pop-up Tate galleries at art galleries such as Harrow Arts Centre, which serves my constituents?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Helen Whately)]

That is an excellent proposal. I have already visited the Tate since becoming a Minister, and I am well aware of the huge amount of work that it and other museums and galleries do to ensure that their collections are available around the country and to support other parts of the country as well as London.