§ 14. Mr. BURNETTasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that streets near Bryanston Street, Oxford Street, W.1, are blocked by being used as storage places for motor cars and vans, and that motor vehicles are frequently parked on both sides of the one-way street, Old Quebec Street, leading into Oxford Street; the reason why the police authorities allow this area to be thus obstructed; and whether he will request the police to abate this nuisance and restore Old Quebec Street as a public highway for vehicular and pedestrian moving traffic?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI am informed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that police are specially posted to the 'streets in question in order to deal with the traffic and to prevent obstruction. During the last six months no less than 490 cases of obstruction were dealt with in Old Quebec Street, Bryanston Street and Great Cumberland Place alone. It is difficult, however, to keep this congested area entirely free from obstruction by standing vehicles, since the buildings in the vicinity include a large stores, a large hotel, and a large 1278 block of flats, at all of which vehicles are continually loading and unloading goods, while a number of visitors arrive by car.