§ MR. SINCLAIR (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of the fact that a sum of £23,000 is being expended on 275 the restoration of the State Rooms and Banqueting House of Kensington Palace, will he state if arrangements can be made for this Palace, or part of it, to be opened during certain hours to the pubilc?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)I thought I had made it sufficiently clear, both last year and again on the Supplementary Estimate, that the sum expended on Kensington Palace was voted by the House in consequence of Her Majesty having more than a year ago signified her intention of throwing open the State Rooms of Kensington Palace to the public during her pleasure.