§ MR. COGHILL (Stoke-upon-Trent)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether he will state by whose authority the branches o£ the trees between Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church have been lopped, and why the trees have been so disfigured and injured.
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASThe tree cutting has not been done by ray orders, and I have no authority over this site, which is the churchyard of St. Margaret's.
§ MR. COGHILLCan the right hon. Gentleman tell us who are the authorities: who have power to cut down the trees?
§ MR. AKERS DOUGLASI will make inquiry, if the hon. Gentleman desires.