Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received on extending the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red poppy installation at the Tower of London beyond 11 November 2014.

Five public petitions on this subject have come to DCMS. We have been pleased to help some of the most striking sections of this poignant memorial, by purchasing them for the nation. The Government is pleased to have helped make it possible for these to be seen in different parts of the country before finding a permanent home in the Imperial War Museums.