§ 61. Sir William Davisonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will assure the House that the low iron railings along the paths in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park which have recently been removed will not be reinstated after the Coronation, having regard to their unsightly character and the many serious accidents of which they have been the cause in past years?
§ Commander Southby(for the First Commissioner of Works): My Noble Friend does not propose to carry out a general reinstatement of the railings referred to. He is, indeed, anxious to avoid such reinstatement, unless experience shows in any particular area that railings are necessary for the protection of the grass-edges, or for other essential purposes.
§ Sir W. DavisonWill my hon. and gallant Friend convey to the proper quarter the information that in the Green Park, where the railings were removed some time ago owing to a serious accident having occurred there to a pedestrian, their removal has had no ill effects and that the landscape has been greatly improved without these iron obstructions?
§ Commander SouthbyI will convey that information to my hon. Friend.