§ LORD ALGERNON PERCYasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether, as it appears from Schedule No. 2 of the Public Sites Bill that it is proposed to appropriate a certain portion of St. James's Park, he can state whether any portion of the Park at present in the enjoyment of the public will be thus appropriated; what the exact extent of such portion will be; and, whether any land will be thrown into the Park to compensate the public for the amount of which they will thus be deprived?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRESir, if the noble Lord will refer to the plan which I have placed in the Library, he will find that, if the extreme limits be adopted, a plot will be taken from the Park equal to somewhat less than half a pole. On the other hand, it is proposed to throw into the Park nearly half-an-acre. The Park, therefore, and the public will be gainers by the difference.