§ MR. HOLBURN (Lanark, N.W.)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether it is the case that permission has been refused the Independent Order of Rechabites to take a band to play sacred music into Holyrood Park on the 17th proximo; and, if so, whether he will state the reasons for such refusal?
THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. A. AKKRS DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sThe answer to the honourable Member's Question is in the affirmative. It has never been the practice to give leave to bands to play in any of the public parks, except under special circumstances or special conditions, which do not exist in the present case.