HC Deb 06 May 1913 vol 52 c1880W
Mr. C. BATHURST

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what manner, and by whom, conveyances of real property and other documents to which the Home Office as a Government department is a party are executed?

Mr. McKENNA

The Home Office as a Government department is not a body corporate having power to convey land. Real property over which the Secretary of State for the Home Department may exercise control is conveyed and vested in the names of the Prison Commisioners and other bodies having statutory powers to that effect.