HC Deb 05 December 1912 vol 44 cc2473-4
34. Mr. KING

asked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the front of the old General Post Office will be offered to any municipal or public authority outside London, if such authority is willing to re-erect it in connection with a public building; and, if so, whether he will communicate to a few of the larger municipalities the conditions on which this noble facade may be acquired for re-erection?

Mr. WEDGWOOD BENN (Lord of the Treasury)

The First Commissioner is willing to consider any reasonable offer from any municipal or public authority in connection with the re-erection of the portico of the old Post Office, and he is making this known as widely as possible by advertisement in the public newspapers.