§ MR. LYNCHI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that on the occasion of the passage down Oxford Street of the Royal procession on the 18th instant, the arrangements made by the police at Oxford Circus for crossing that thoroughfare were so defective that persons were obliged, with the consent of the police but without their assistance, to push themselves across as best they could; and will he arrange that in future on such occasions passages shall be arranged at convenient intervals for persons on foot and shall be kept open by the police.
§ MR. GLADSTONENo, Sir. I have received no complaints on the subject, and the Commissioner of Police informs me that the arrangements made were as effective as possible. It is obvious that on such occasions some inconvenience must be caused both to vehicular traffic and pedestrians, which no police arrangements can prevent.