§ Mr. RAIKESasked the First Commissioner of Works if, in view of the proposals for the erection of new buildings in Dean's Yard, on the south side, he is prepared to take steps to ensure that in digging the foundations the stability of Westminster Abbey and other adjoining property of a religious or antiquarian character is not thereby affected?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe responsibility for the stability of Westminster Abbey is a matter for the Dean and766W Chapter. The Chapter House and the Chapel of the Pyx, for which my Department is responsible, are, in the opinion of my advisers, too far removed from the proposed building to be affected by the proposed reconstruction on the south side of Dean's Yard.