§ SIR HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works, if his attention has been called to the fact that the very limited space available to the Regular Garrison and the Volunteer Force of London for drilling in Hyde Park has this summer been further curtailed by the erection of a number of additional iron hurdles, and if he will be so good as to give directions that the utmost amount of space shall be left free of artificial obstruction on the Guards' Parade Ground, on the ground opposite Knight-bridge Barracks, on the ground near Stanhope Gate, and on the ground to the south-east of Victoria Gate during the drill season?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)As the grass in the east end of Hyde Park was rapidly disappearing, a large number of additional hurdles have been placed at the sides of the footpaths. Any representations that are made from time to time by the general officer commanding the district for the temporary removal of hurdles for purposes of drill will receive attention.