GENERAL RUSSELLI beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been called to the condition of the main thoroughfares in Hyde Park after dusk; and whether he can sec his way, by an improvement in the lighting and more police supervision, to enable respectable people to make more use of this park during the summer evenings than under the present conditions is possible.
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (MR. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent,) St. Augustine'sI have been gradually improving, as funds will permit, the lighting of the parks; and the improvement in Hyde Park has been generally admitted and appreciated. My policy with regard to lighting the parks was fully stated during the discussion of the Parks Estimate a few weeks ago. The maintenance of order in Hyde Park is in the hands of the police authorities, but in my opinion everything is done that is necessary to maintain order there.