§ Dr. Petersasked the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has 1766W been drawn to the destruction of excavations made at Glastonbury; and whether he will hold an official investigation into all the circumstances to ensure that the truth about the origins of these historic national monuments shall not be concealed?
§ Sir P. SassoonI am satisfied that there has been no destruction of excavations at Glastonbury Abbey and, also, that there is no occasion for the holding of any official investigation. I have no power to require the owners of scheduled ancient monuments to undertake excavations.