§ CAPTAIN PENTON (Finsbury, Central)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether Her Majesty's Government will place at the disposal of the Clerkenwell Vestry the site of the Clerkenwell Prisons for building purposes, at a reasonable rate, as at present the ground is unremunerative, and adds to the burdens of the ratepayers?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)The Government are prepared to sell to the Clerkenwell Vestry the site of the Clerkenwell Prisons for building purposes at the fair value of the site. The Government are, in effect, trustees of the site for the Justices of the County, and would not be justified in selling the site below its value.