§ SIR HENRY FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been called to the slow progress that is being made in the building of the Victoria and Albert Museum; and if he can take any steps to accelerate the completion of the museum.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN (for Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS)I do not think there has been any considerable or unavoidable delay in the progress of the works. The contract for the foundations is close on completion. There has been a great amount of work done, though of necessity little can be seen of it. A second contract has been made for a further portion of the building, and everything is ready to go on with it at once.