HC Deb 09 July 1900 vol 85 cc956-7
MR. WEIR

I bog to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that £125,000 has been granted by Parliament in aid of expenses for the British section of the Paris Exhibition, is he aware that the Manor House, in the Rue des Nations of the Exhibition, is only open for a few hours during the day, and that visitors have to be provided with a special ticket; and will be use his influence with the authorities, so that the general public may be able to obtain ready access to the Manor House during the hours similar buildings are open to the public.

*MR. BRODRICK

The matter is not one that falls within the province of the Foreign Office. Questions of organisation in connection with the British section of the Paris Exhibition are under the control of Colonel Jekyll, C.M.G., the secretary to the Royal Commission.