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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has any plans to increase funding for the provision for opera facilities in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Luce
The funding of opera is a matter for the Arts Council. However, I am pleased to say that, as a result of the increase in the Arts Council's grant which I announced in November, companies will receive significant increases in their grant. Among these, Welsh National Opera will receive an 8 per cent. increase from the Arts Council of Great Britain, and a 10·1 per cent. rise from the Welsh Arts Council taking its total grant to £4·8 million in 1990–91.