§ MR. STORY-MASKELYNEasked the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Whether the design for the vast building in the Northumberland 383 Avenue, designated as the "Hôtel Métropole," has received the sanction of the Institute of British Architects, as required by the Act of Parliament?
§ SIR JAMES M'GAREL-HOGGThe design for the Hôtel Métropole was submitted to the Institute of British Architects, as required by the Act of Parliament; but, after due consideration, the Board did not think it necessary to put the tenant to the expense of carrying out the alterations suggested by the Institute, having regard to the fact that the plans for the building had already been amended in accordance with the recommendations of the Board's architect, who was himself then a member of the Council of the Institute.