§ MR. COURTHOPE (Sussex, Rye)To ask the First Commissioner of Works what premises are at present occupied by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and under what tenure and at what rent; and whether it is proposed to 1195 provide premises which will accommodate all the departments of the Board in a single building.
| Premises. | Tenure. | Rent or rental value. |
| 4 and 5, Whitehall Place | Leases expiring April 1912. Office of Works have option of extending term to 5th April, 1919, at rack rental. | £1,199 2s. |
| 3, St. James's Square | Lease expiring Michaelmas 1917, but determinable at 1910 at six months notice. | £1,500 |
| 3, Delahay Street | Government property. | £350 |
| Queen Anne's Chambers, Westminster (storage). | Apportionment (part of premises leased to February 1926, but determinable on notice at 1912 or 1919.) | £25 |
| 8, Whitehall Place | Lease ten years to Midsummer 1917, determinable in 1909 or 1910, on six months notice. | £650 during first three years, £600 thereafter. |
| Great Scotland Yard (rear of 3, Whitehall Place). | Part of premises held on lease to 1919. The remainder (front portion) sub-leased to 1919. | £200 |
| In reply to the second paragraph I have to say that proposals for accommodating all the departments of the board in a single building are now under discussion. |