§ Mr. MARTINasked the hon. Member for Southampton, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, (1) whether the First Commissioner would change the regulations as to Hyde Park so as to exclude private motor-cars from those roads on which taxi-cabs are not 'allowed, and thus give the same access to the parks o people of moderate means as to the rich; (2) whether, in view of the number of Colonials who will be in London in connection with the Coronation, the First Commissioner would consider the advisability of abolishing distinctions in the regulations concerning Hyde Park, so as to put our Colonial visitors on the same terms as to Hyde Park as rich men able to keep their own motor-cars; and (3) whether, in view of the danger to pedestrians and horse-drawn conveyances caused by large and heavy private motor-cars with high horse-power in Hyde Park, the First Commissioner would consider the advisability of restricting private motorcars to the same roads on which taxi-cabs are now allowed to travel?
Mr. DUDLEY WARDThe First Commissioner is not prepared to exclude private motor cars from any roads in Hyde 26 Park to which they are admitted at present. He will be prepared to make any temporary changes in the admission of motors to the park which may be recommended by the police authorities to secure the safety of the public. The reply to the third question is in the negative.