§ MR. BROGDENasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether the competitive plans for the new Admiralty and War Office buildings were submitted to and reported upon by any experts or authorities; whether such reports were sent to the persons appointed to decide upon them; and, whether he will furnish the House with Copies of any such reports?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRETwo of the judges in that competition were architects, and it was in consultation with them that the judges unanimously arrived at their recent decisions; but no reports were made independently by them. The plans were further examined with respect to the minor conditions of the competition as regards the required accommodation by the profes- 840 sional officers of the Office of Works; but this did not affect the responsibility of the judges or their decisions.