§ MR. M. MILNESasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department—first, whether Her Majesty's Government had taken any means to rescue the national records of this country from the disgraceful and dangerous state in which they now were, by the erection of a public Record Office, and for which the land was appropriated and the plans of the building laid out?
§ SIR G. GREYreplied, that as to the Record Office, steps were taken last year to procure a site, but he could not speak positively that the building had been decided upon.
§ MR. BANKESasked if it was not intended that the great tower in the new 938 Houses of Parliament should be set apart for that purpose?
§ SIR G. GREYbelieved that such an intention had been entertained, but it was now abandoned.