§ Mr. RUPERT GWYNNEasked the President of the Board of Agriculture, as representing the Office of Woods and Forests, if the new lease granted to Boodle's Club, in St. James's Street, contains a stipulation that the front shall be refaced or rebuilt; and, if so, for what 1592W reason is a Government Department deliberately destroying what is admitted to be a masterpiece of English eighteenth-century street architecture?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANNo new lease has been granted, and in such negotiations as have taken place there has been no suggestion that the building shall be refaced or rebuilt.
§ Mr. GOLDSMITHasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the lease of Boodle's Club, St. James's Street. has been renewed on condition that the building should be renovated and refaced; and, if so, whether, considering the fact that it is universally acknowledged to be one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century architecture, he is prepared to modify the conditions?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe answer is in the negative to the first part of the question and there is, therefore, no occasion to consider the second part.