§ SIR JOHN LENG (Dundee)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will either directly or in conference with the London County Council and the Westminster Vestry take steps to secure greatly improved access to the Houses of Parliament from the Grosvenor Road by extending the Victoria Tower Gardens to Lambeth Bridge and widening Abingdon and Millbank Streets?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. A. AKERS-DOUGLAS,) Kent, St. Augustine'sIn reply to the honourable Gentleman, I, have to say that while the Government would look with favour on any scheme for the improved access to the Houses of Parliament from the south, they are unable to admit a liability, such as is suggested in the Question, where the improvement appears to them to be one chiefly of a metropolitan character.