§ MR. AIRDI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works if he can explain the cause of the delay in the utilisation of the valuable Crown land in Pall Mall, and until recently the site of Her Majesty's Opera House?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Sir J. T. HIBBERT, Oldham)The delay does not rest with the Crown, but with those interested in the lease agreed to be granted, who have, it is understood, experienced difficulties in making the necessary arrangements for carrying out the agreement with the Crown.
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTI am unable to answer the hon. Member.