§ CAPTAIN PENTON (Finsbury, Central)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has considered the question of the advisability of commencing the demolition of the disused Clerkenwell Prisons, with a view to giving work to the unemployed of the district?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)In reply to the Question of my hon. and gallant Friend, I have to say that the question of the demolition of the buildings is closely connected with the question of sale. The offers I have received have been for the site with the buildings upon it. Until these offers have been disposed of I cannot issue any directions on the subject.