asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the pastel by Degas of two dancers, currently on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, has been accepted from the Jenyns Estate in part satisfaction of tax liabilities; and, if so, whether an appropriate sum has been debited to the National Land Fund in respect of the transaction.

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 8th May 1978; Vol. 949, c. 358], gave the following information:Offers in lieu of tax are confidential and information on any such proposals cannot be revealed.