§ MR. J. BIGWOODI beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, to lessen the congestion of traffic at the Palace Yard entrance to this House, he would permit the thoroughfare between Derby Street and the Embankment to be used by cabs and carriages during the Parliamentary Session?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe congestion to which the hon. Member refers has been largely due to the Embankment being closed for repairs, and will, I hope, be lessened now that the Embankment is open again. The approach through Derby Street is a dangerous one, and so long as the Horse Guards' Avenue, a wide and open thoroughfare, is so little used, I doubt whether a sufficient case exists for adopting the hon. Member's suggestion. But the question shall be considered.