§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSasked the hon. Member for Southampton, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the road across Hyde Park from Victoria Gate to Alexandra Gate was closed to vehicular traffic on the morning of Tuesday, 15th August, presumably for repairs, notwithstanding the fact that the road was then intact, no stone having been turned; and whether, having regard to the inconvenience to the public in being unable to drive across the park for a period of some weeks while the road is under repair, he will arrange that the road be divided lengthwise, so that one half only of the road be closed at a time, as is done generally when other roads, both in London and in the country, are being repaired?
TREASURER of the HOUSEHOLD (Mr. Dudley Ward)The First Commissioner regrets the inconvenience which must always be felt by the public when repairs of this kind take place. This road 2101 was closed on 15th August, and work was begun on the same day at 10 a.m. The alteration in method suggested by the hon. Member would be expensive and unsatisfactory, but the First Commissioner is trying to minimise the public inconvenience by hurrying on the work as much as possible.