§ LORD JOHN MANNERSasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether any plan for the appropriation of the ground to the West of the Palace at Westminster, acquired under the Act of 991 1869, has been agreed upon; and, if so, whether he will state its general character?
§ MR. AYRTON,in reply, said, that several proposals had been made for the purpose of dealing with the land in question, but none of them had been finally approved. There was now a new proposal under consideration, which would involve considerable expenditure of public money. If that proposal should be approved, an estimate would be submitted, and a full explanation would be given before the Vote was taken.