§ MR. WHITMORE (Chelsea)asked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether Her Majesty's Government will take advantage of the street improvements at St. Martin in the Fields to extend the National Gallery to Hemming's Row and to the new line of St. Martin's Place, in accordance with the suggestion of the Institute of British Architects?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)This question has been for some time under consideration; but no final decision has been taken on the subject. The fact is, I am sorry to say, that we have no funds for any such building operations at present.