§ MR. FAWCETTasked the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Whether he can undertake that none of the sites which had been cleared under "The Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act, 1875," and which have not already been disposed of, shall be sold until Parliament has had an opportunity of considering the Bill which the Home Secretary intends to introduce to amend the Act?
§ SIR JAMES M'GAREL-HOGGSir, I must point out to the hon. Member that no sites have yet been cleared under the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act, except a portion of the White-chapel and Limehouse area, which has already been sold with five others to the trustees of the Peabody Fund. Some time must necessarily elapse before the removal of buildings from any of the sites not yet disposed of; and, assuming that the Bill of the Home Secretary is brought in this Session, I can readily undertake that no 1709 further sale of sites shall take place before the House has had an opportunity of considering the measure.