To ask the Minister for the Arts what changes he proposes to make in the composition and responsibilities of Greater London Arts; and if he will make a statement.

The Arts Council has announced that Greater London Arts will be replaced shortly by a new London arts board. The Arts Council has also announced the arrangements for the management of Greater London Arts in the period before the new London arts board is fully operational. I hope these arrangements will result in greater confidence in London's arts body.

To ask the Minister for the Arts how he intends local authorities to be involved in arts administration in Greater London.

I expect the new London arts board to conform to the broad principles that I announced on 24 September, which reserve one third of the membership of the new regional arts boards for local authority nominees.