§ Mr. Shersbyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the area of the Bloomsbury site acquired by his Department for the construction of the British Library; what was the total cost of acquisition; what the situation now is with regard either to building the Library or disposing of the site; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CroslandThe area of the Bloomsbury site acquired by the DOE is between 5 and 6 acres at a total cost to date of 315W £6.44 million. I am not yet in a position to add anything to what my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science said about the siting in his answer of 19th December 1974.—[Vol. 883, c. 567–8.]