HC Deb 11 October 1946 vol 427 cc494-5

Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.

[Major MILNER in the Chair]

Resolved: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the erection in Grosvenor Square, in the City of Westminster, of a statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of the expenses incurred by the Minister of Works in—

  1. (a) erecting and maintaining the said statue and laying out and maintaining the said Square as a garden; and
  2. (b) paying compensation in respect of the extinguishment of rights to use and enjoy the said Square,
save in so far as those expenses are defrayed out of any fund raised under the auspices of the Pilgrims Society."—(King's Recommendation signified.)—[The Prime Minister.]

Resolution to be reported upon Monday next.