§ MR. BERESFORD HOPEasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether he is yet able to state how the Government proposes to utilize the Burlington House Colonnade? Twelve months ago, when this Question was asked, the right hon. Gentleman was unable to give any information.
LORD HENRY LENNOXSir, I regret very much that I am unable to give any other answer to my hon. Friend than that which I gave last year. It was mainly owing to the influence of my hon. Friend this Colonnade was preserved and conveyed at a cost of £800 to where it now lies in Battersea Park. I was in hopes that the publicity given to this question might have led to some suggestion being made to me which would justify mo in applying to the Treasury for the sum, amounting to nearly £4,000, which would be required for its removal and re-erection, in order that the aesthetic taste of my hon. Friend may be gratified. Unluckily no such suggestion has been made, and I regret, therefore, that I am unable to give any more satisfactory answer to my hon. Friend than the one I gave him last year.