§ SIR WILLIAM FRASERasked the First Commissioner of Works, What use will be made of the space of ground recently cleared to the South of the Palace of Westminster, and whether he will lay any proposed plan upon the Table of the House before the Prorogation of Parliament?
LORD HENRY LENNOXThe space to which my hon. and gallant Friend alludes, to the south of the Palace of Westminster, was purchased and cleared in order to diminish the danger to the Houses of Parliament from fire. The width of it is 366 feet, and of this it is intended to rail off 150 feet nearest the buildings and keep it free. The Government have not yet decided what shall be done with the remainder of the ground, and, therefore, my hon. and gallant Friend will readily see that it will not be in my power to lay on the Table a proposed plan before the end of the Session.