§ MR. W. H. SMITH (Strand, Westminster)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If Her Majesty's Government are now prepared to take steps to provide in some way the necessary funds for the maintenance of the fabric of Westminster Abbey, for which the existing provision has been found to be wholly inadequate?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT) (Derby)497 (who replied) said, that his right hon. Friend had requested him to say that he hoped to introduce within a few days the Dean and Chapter Bill of last Session, with certain Amendments, which would arrest the hostility which the Bill had encountered last Session. This Bill would provide for the case of Westminster Abbey.