§ SIR WILLIAM FRASERsaid, he would beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will consider some plan for removing the wall between Burlington House and Piccadilly, and for giving the public the advantage of the ground in the front and rear of that building.
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSstated, in reply, that some time ago the noble Lord the Member for Haddingtonshire (Lord Elcho) submitted to him a design which had for its object the removal of the wall in question. Since then the whole subject of the appropriation of Burlington House and the grounds for the public service had been under the consideration of the Government, and until that larger question was settled it was impossible to say what ought to be done with respect to the wall.