§ 26. Colonel GOODMANasked the Home Secretary if and when the Albert Gate is to be re-opened?
Captain CROOKSHANKThe Albert Gate was closed as an experiment last summer, and the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis informs my right hon. Friend that traffic conditions in the vicinity have shown considerable improvement since then. The question for decision is whether this improvement has caused any additional inconvenience elsewhere, e.g., at Hyde Park Corner, and, in order that this question may be determined by actual trial, it has been decided, after consultation with my right hon. Friend the First Commissioner of Works and with the Commissioner, that the Albert Gate should be re-opened for an experimental period commencing on the 13th May.