§ Mr. BRIGGSasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the annual rental of Adastral House, Kingsway, occupied by the Ministry of Air, and the length of its lease; and if he will consider the removal of the Ministry to less expensive but equally suitable premises at an early date?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONThe rent of Adastral House is £40,000 per annum. The lease is one of 21 years from the 25th March, 1919. There is no building available in a suitable position in which sufficient accommodation for the Air Ministry would be afforded.