§ Mr. GROVESasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he has received any representations against the removal of the offices of the Chief Inspector of Taxes from Cecil Chambers, Strand, to Cornwall House, Stamford Street, S.E.; whether there was any reason preventing the Office of Works from housing the staff concerned in a building which was originally constructed for office purposes; and whether there are any other existing instances where the State has constructed buildings for the housing of machinery and warehouse purposes but now uses them for ordinary office purposes?
§ Captain HACKINGThe First Commissioner is aware that representations have been made to the Inland Revenue Department. The fact that Cornwall House affords excellent office accommodation, for which purpose the greater part has been used for some considerable time, is considered to be sufficient ground for not hiring more expensive accommodation elsewhere. There are numerous instances in which buildings erected or hired by the State for the purpose of housing machinery or for warehouse purposes are now used for office purposes.