§ MR. R. N. FOWLER (LORD MAYOR)I wish to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the absence of the Home Secretary, Whether, as announced in the newspapers, the traffic is to be stopped between Black-friars Bridge and Hyde Park on Monday next, and what arrangements have been made for hon. Members to have access to this House?
§ MR. HIBBERTI am sorry I am not in a position to reply to the Question. The matter has not been in my hands; but in a few minutes my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary will be present, and he will answer the Question.
MR. GLADSTONE (rising at a later stage)As my right hon. and learned Friend has not arrived, I may say with reference to the Question of the Lord Mayor, without entering into details, that it is within my knowledge that my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary has been actively engaged, in consultation with the Chief Commissioner of Police, to consider what are the best arrangements to make for the public convenience, and in particular has given directions which he thought best to secure the comfort and easy access of Members to this House. [An hon. MEMBER: What arrangements?]