§ Mr. NEWMANasked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has recently received any memorial protesting against the exclusion of petrol or steam-driven vehicles from Hyde Park between the hours of 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.; whether he can inform the House what is the daily average number of both mechanically and horse-driven vehicles that traverse the park between Hyde Park Corner and the Marble Arch; and whether he can assign the reasons that have led him to reinforce a regulation causing such inconvenience to a number of public during the busiest season of the year?
The FIRST COMMISSIONER or WORKS (Mr. Harcourt)I have not recently received any memorial on this subject. I have no knowledge of the daily number of vehicles using the road referred to, but an average of fifty motor-cars per week are reported for emitting smoke in excess. The reasons for these regulations were fully stated when they were imposed by the late Government.
§ Mr. NEWMANThe right hon. Gentleman has not given the information I have asked for, the number of motor-cars and horse-drawn vehicles that use the park daily.