HC Deb 30 June 1898 vol 60 cc639-40
SIR H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)

I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works when the remaining houses between Parliament Street and King Street will be pulled down; and, whether he will place in the Tea Room a ground plan showing the line of the widening of Whitehall from Charles Street to Great George Street, and the position of the new offices to be erected on the vacant land?

THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine's

I have not yet been able to acquire the whole of the property between Parliament Street and King Street, but I hope to be able to do so within the next three months. Directly this property has been obtained, the buildings will be taken down and the street widened. A plan showing approximately the proposed frontage line of the new buildings next Parliament Street and Great George Street shall be prepared and exhibited as the right honourable Gentleman desires.