§ MR. W. F. D. SMITH (Strand, Westminster)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether it is proposed to rebuild the whole of the Quadrant, as leases fall in, upon the same design as that of the building now being erected; and, if so, whether he can undertake that further consideration shall be given to the views of lessees and others before further building becomes necessary.
†See (4) Debates, clviii., 820.1470
§ (Answered by Mr. Runciman.) The Answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. The designs are intended to provide for the rebuilding of the whole of the Quadrant as one consistent scheme. As I have already informed the hon. Member by letter, the plans were most carefully considered both by the late and by the present Government before they were agreed to; and it would be too late now, when a part of the scheme has almost been carried out, to make any alteration in them, even if any such could be shown to be desirable.