§ MR. KEARLEYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government some years ago purchased Brompton Cemetery with a view to its being closed; if so, why this has not been done, and whether the accounts and Papers connected with the matter will be granted if a Return is moved.
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent,) St. Augustine'sPerhaps I may be allowed to reply to this question. It is not a fact that Brompton Cemetery was purchased by the Government with a view to its being closed, as the hon. Member will see by referring to 13 and 14 Vic. c. 52. The accounts and Papers covering nearly fifty years are very voluminous and of very little, if any, public interest, and I cannot agree to make such a Return as suggested.
§ * MR. KEARLEYWill the right hon. Gentleman give us an account of the annual profit on this investment?
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASI must ask the hon. Member to give me notice of that question.