57. Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, on what grounds it has been decided to suspend the building of the big block of new Government offices in Whitehall; whether the scheme is only to be temporarily or permanently abandoned; whether any alternative proposals are being considered; and to what use is it intended, in the event of the scheme being abandoned, to put the area where houses have already been demolished and foundation preparations started?
§ Mr. R. S. HudsonI would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave on Monday last to a similar question by the hon. and gallant Member for the Nuneaton Division (Lieut.-Commander Fletcher).