HC Deb 02 July 1930 vol 240 cc1957-8
48. Sir CHARLES OMAN

asked the First Commissioner of Works whether arrangements have yet been made to restrict the quarrying of whinstone between the Roman wall and the vallum; and whether the Government is in a position to state definitely the acreage over which quarrying is to be permitted?

The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Lansbury)

I am not yet in a position to make a statement more definite than that which I made in this House on 2nd June last. The negotiations to which I referred on that occasion are still in progress.

Sir C. OMAN

Will the right hon. Gentleman take early measures to see that there is a proper acknowledgment of the stoppage of these works?

Mr. LANSBURY

I am not in a position to stop these works, and I am not in any hurry to expedite them.

Sir K. WOOD

Will the right hon. Gentleman say if he intends to introduce any legislation on this matter?

Mr. LANSBURY

Not on this particular matter, but on the question of the preservation of the wall and other monuments.