§ MR. PEMBERTONsaid, he wished to ask the First Commissioner of Works, Whether the particular attention of the Lord Chancellor has been called to the new site for the Law Courts selected by the Government, and whether his Lordship approves of the selection?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, in reply, that the Bill which he should have the honour to introduce would be; a Government Bill, and it was consequently not usual to state the views of any particular Member of the Government.
LORD HENRY LENNOXsaid, he wished to ask, If the right hon. Member would undertake, on the part of the Government, that before the Bill was introduced, or at any rate discussed, he would circulate amongst Members a plan of the site; and, also, if it would not be advisable to produce a model of the building and place it in the Library?
§ MR. LAYARDsaid, he hoped very soon to be able to place in the hands of hon. Members a lithographic plan by Mr. Street, but he was afraid he should not be able to do so if he introduced the Bill before Whitsuntide. The plan, however, would be in the hands of hon. Members before the second reading. As to the model, it would take a long time to settle the elevation of the building, but he could assure hon. Members that nothing would be done before the model was placed in such a position that they would have the opportunity of examining and criticising it in detail.