34. Captain CROOKSHANKasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department as representing the First Commissioner of Works whether the designs of the Brigade of Guards' war memorial now being erected on the Horse Guards Parade were submitted to, and approved by, the Fine Arts Commission; and, if not, whether he is prepared to have them submitted to the Commission for their approval before the monument is actually erected?
§ Captain HACKINGThe design of this memorial was selected by two assessors appointed by the Royal Academy, and accepted by the First Commissioner of the day before the Royal Fine Arts Commission was appointed. The First Commissioner regrets that at this late stage he is unable to reopen the subject.