HC Deb 17 March 1926 vol 193 cc407-8
57. Colonel WOODCOCK

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what economy, if any, he anticipates will be made by the building of the new offices on the Thames Embankment at the hack of Montage House; what is the estimated cost of the new buildings; and what is their expected life?

Captain HACKING

I would refer my hon. and gallant. Friend to the replies that I made to questions upon this subject upon the 8th instant.

Sir F. WISE

What was the reduction in the expenditure?

Captain HACKING

That was stated in my last reply.

58. Mr. CAMPBELL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he has received any application from the London County Council asking his Department to convert the gardens at the rear of the offices in Whitehall Gardens into an open space; and, if so, whether he can make any statement in regard to this matter?

Captain HACKING

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative; the second part does not, therefore, arise.