§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will withdraw from the auction of Property Services Agency property in Bloomsbury, scheduled for 3 July, lot No. 7 (40/40A and 41 Museum Street) and offer it instead for sale by private treaty to its former owners, Allen and Unwin Ltd., from whom it was purchased under threat of compulsory purchase, as part of the now abandoned scheme to build the British Library on the site.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe property has been withdrawn from auction. I conveyed my decision in a letter to the former owner on 6 June.