§ MR. PARTINGTON (Derbyshire, High Peak)To ask the hon. Member for Chorley, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether, with a view to providing useful work for the unemployed, he will consider the advisability of continuing the roads in Hyde Park round Kensington Gardens.
(Answered by Lord Balcarres.) The expediency of such an alteration in Kensington Gardens is a question upon which there has been great diversity of opinion. The First Commissioner would not be prepared to order this work without the approval of Parliament; but he must not be understood as indicating any views at present as to whether it should be carried out or not.