§ MR. FIRTHasked the First Commissioner of Works, When the new Law Courts will be ready for occupation; why the unsightly scaffolding which now remains in front of finished parts of the building is not removed; and, why the clock-case has remained empty for four years?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRESir, the contractors will, I believe, be in a position to hand over the buildings to the Government in about a month; and the Courts will in every respect be fit for the occupation of the Judges at the commencement of the Michaelmas Term. Till the buildings are given up by the contractors, I have no power to remove the scaffolding. The clock, I hope, will be completed by the time it is wanted—namely, when the Courts are occupied.