Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 3 April 1939.
Sir Geoffrey Hutchinson
, Ilford
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of the advice given by the Royal Fine Art Commission, that it is desirable to examine afresh in connection with Parliament Square the problem of the site for the proposed memorial to His Majesty King George V, he will refrain from taking any action in relation to the site in Abingdon Street until this House has had an opportunity to express its opinion upon the relative merits of the respective sites in the altered circumstances which have arisen?