§ MR. ESSEX (Gloucestershire, Cirencester)To ask the Postmaster-General whether he has considered what loss of light and air the proposed new postal buildings will cause to the Market Street, Wakefield, United Methodist Church, necessitating as it will also the use of the building only by artificial light; and whether he is under treaty with the trustees of the said Church to pay them compensation for damage that has been, or may be, sustained.
(Answered by Mr. Sydney Buxton.) The matter has received my careful consideration. I have learned with regret that a satisfactory enlargement of the post office cannot be effected without interference in some degree with the light and air of the adjoining Church; but the enlargement of the office: has been designed so as to cause as little interference as possible. I am not under treaty with the trustees of the Church to make any payment to them by way of compensation.