HC Deb 13 March 1952 vol 497 cc1564-5
16. Mr. Dodds

asked the President of the Board of Trade if a decision has yet been reached in the application for permission to build a £2,500,000 hotel in London.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft

This matter is still under consideration.

Mr. Dodds

How long will it be before a decision is reached, as this was being considered in December? Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the interests concerned are British or not? If another nationality is concerned, will he say which it is?

Mr. Thorneycroft

The object of this project would be to increase our dollar earnings. It is, in many ways, an admirable project, and I am giving it most earnest consideration.