HC Deb 28 March 1906 vol 154 cc1256-7
MR. NAPIER

To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government is able to hold out the hope that the extension of the National Gallery asked for by the trustees of that gallery, and long promised, will be provided for in the Estimates for the coming financial year, and will be forthwith commenced.

(Answered by Mr. Asquith.) His Majesty's Government regrets that there is no prospect of this extension being carried out in the approaching financial year, as it has not been possible to make provision for it in the Estimates. The question will be further considered in the course of the ensuing financial year.