MR. GIBSON BOWLES (Lynn Regis)To ask the hon. Member for Chorley, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, by whose authority were some sixty feet of the railings removed on Thursday last from the Piccadilly side of the Green Park, immediately opposite the end of the sixty foot roadway recently formed in that park; with what object were these railings removed, and what is proposed to be put in their place, whether a narrow gateway to admit foot passengers only, or a broad entrance capable of admitting carriage traffic.
(Answered by Lord Balcarres.) The footgate, which gave access to the Park a few feet further west, is being moved so as to be in line with the centre of the new pathway; only a sufficient length of railing has been removed to enable this to be done. It is being carried out under the authority of the First Commissioner.