§ SIR F. POWELL (Wigan)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is prepared to place upon the Table of the House for circulation among Members a copy of the very important memorial recently presented to the Prime Minister signed by the President, Officers, and a large number of Fellows of the Royal Society, praying that the needful expansion of the Science Buildings at South Kensington should be provided for on the west side of Exhibition Road?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (for the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY)It is not usual, I believe, to lay on the Table a memorial presented to a Minister, and I do not think it should be done in this case. There is no lack of means open to my honourable Friend for giving publicity to any document of general interest.