§ MR. H. C. STEPHENS (Middlesex, Hornsey)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether, with regard to the Postmen's Park, provided the obligation to pay £100 yearly for certain rights of light acquired with regard to the new Post Office buildings be cancelled, and that a sum of £100 yearly be paid by the Trustees of the London Parochial Charities, the Treasury will consent to pay £5,000, and the amount of £2,500 to be received from the Commissioners of Sewers, under condition that it should be devoted to the purchase fund of the land to be added to the Postmen's Park; and whether, in addition, the Treasury will consent to pay £75 annually towards the cost of maintenance of the park?
§ MR. HANBURYI have this morning received a communication which renders a detailed reply to my hon. Friend's Question unnecessary. I shall be glad to show it to him.
§ MR. STEPHENSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that workmen are at present, and have been for the past three weeks, engaged in disinterring human remains in the land adjacent to the Postmen's Park; and whether, in view of the fact that the question of building upon the site will not be determined until the meeting of the London Parochial Trustees on the 26th inst., he will direct that the remains of former parishioners of St. Botolph shall be left undisturbed until after that date?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI understand that work is proceeding under the licence granted in 1894, which I am advised is still in force. I am not aware that I have any power to suspend its operation.