§ MR. W. H. JAMESasked the First Commissioner of Works, If he can state the reasons for the inclosure of a piece of ground in St. James's Park, between Spring Gardens and Carlton House Terrace; and, whether, if there is any objection to the removal of the railings, there is any ground why access within them should not be given to the public?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRESir, the plot of land to which the hon. Member refers has always been inclosed by iron rails, because, I believe, it lies near the entrance to the Park, and if the grass were trampled down it would be a disfigurement to the Park. It would not be desirable to remove the fences; but I have given directions that a gate shall be opened in the summer time, when people may care to sit under the trees there.