§ MR. MIDDLEMOREI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether the National Gallery will be completely isolated from the buildings which now adjoin it by effecting the changes which will be authorised by the passage of the National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Bill; and will he state what distance from the National Gallery the nearest buildings will be.
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASYes, Sir. The National Gallery will be completely isolated from the buildings which are adjacent to it on the west; the nearest building will be the south-east angle of a stable, which will be 35 feet from the north-west corner of the National Gallery; with this exception the space between the buildings will be about 40 feet.
§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancashire, Chorley)Will no portion of the barracks be in touch with the National Gallery?
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASThe southern portion of the barracks adjoining the National Gallery will be pulled down at the end of the present year.