BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE

That this House congratulates Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) on the huge contribution it has made to well-being both in the London Borough of Wandsworth and in London as a whole, attracting more than 220,000 visitors a year; acknowledges the important part that Wandsworth as well as the Arts Council has played in laying the foundation for BAC's success over the last three decades; notes that BAC won a Wandsworth Business Award for Best Community Contribution from Wandsworth Council only two months ago; fears that the withdrawal of grant and premises by Wandsworth would make BAC unviable; accepts that the responsibility for financial support for BAC should be shared between Wandsworth and the Arts Council; and welcomes any move by Wandsworth to enter into discussions aimed at securing the future of BAC.