§ MR. MCLARENI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works what steps he proposes to take this year in regard to the completion of the front of South Kensington Museum; and when the west side of Parliament Street is to be pulled down?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sAs stated by me, in answer to questions yesterday, a proposal for proceeding at once with the permanent buildings at South Kensington will shortly be laid before Parliament, and it will be more convenient if I may be allowed to defer explanations as to the details until that proposal be submitted to the House in its entirety. The purchases to the west side of Parliament 631 Street are not yet all settled; as soon as they are completed the houses will be pulled down.