§ 56. Mr. W. BAKERasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the unfinished Post Office new building at Mount Pleasant is unsuited to the present requirements owing to the inadequate accommodation on the ground floor, and that as a consequence a great amount of work has to be transferred to an upper floor at considerable cost; whether he is aware that the completion of the building would enable the work to be more efficiently and economically dealt with; whether his attention has been called to the fact that the main staff exit is so designed as to subject users to dangers from passing vehicular traffic; and whether, in these circumstances, he will endeavour to secure the completion of the remainder of the building at an early date?
§ Captain KING (for The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS)The First Commissioner is aware of the desirability of proceeding with the erection of the second section of the building at Mount Pleasant, and provision has been made in the 1927 Estimates for the work to commence this year. With regard to the main exit, any danger that existed has been removed by an instruction limiting the speed of vans at that point to three miles per hour.