§ Colonel APPLINasked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether his attention has been drawn to the lack of any means for obtaining refreshments by the public in Hyde Park who are admitted within the enclosures at the band stands during the summer months; and whether he will consider some means of supplying light refreshments, such as ices, lemonade, and tea, as is done on the Continent and elsewhere?
§ Captain HACKINGThe First Commissioner has had this matter under consideration, but to enable such refreshments to be served in an adequate way, it would be necessary to erect a large building near the band stand. The First Commissioner regrets that he cannot at present contemplate the erection of a building of the kind.