§ MR. GERARD NOELasked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether he has yet arrived at any decision as to the advisability of further widening Piccadilly opposite Hamilton Place and Park Lane, with a view of easing the traffic at those points?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRESir, I have considered the Question referred to by the noble Lord, and have come to the conclusion that the difficulty referred to by him would not be cured by further widening Piccadilly at the bottom of Hamilton Place. The check to the traffic which occasionally takes place there is due to two streams of traffic crossing one another, and not to want of width of Piccadilly—indeed, the south side of Piccadilly is generally quite free. I am not, therefore, prepared to throw into Piccadilly any more of the Green Park. The block at Hyde Park Corner has been entirely removed. The check to traffic at the bottom of Hamilton Place is comparatively trivial, and will be best dealt with by police regulations.
§ SIR HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSONasked whether the First Commissioner of Works had considered the proposal to widen Park Lane?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREsaid, that was a question for the consideration of the Metropolitan Board of Works.