§ 90. Captain BOURNEasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the nature and cost of the operations now being carried out on the Duke of York's Column.
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Captain Hacking)The work consists of repairing some defects in the bronze statue caused by the action of the weather. The cost is estimated at £60, including about £20 for the erection of the scaffolding.
Captain HOPEDoes the hon. and gallant Gentleman not think this is a good opportunity to remove the statue and make a road from the bottom of Waterloo Place to the Mall?
§ Captain HACKINGI am afraid that would cost more than the estimate.