HC Deb 28 July 1936 vol 315 c1328W
Major CARVER

asked the Minister of Pensions, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether any arrangements have yet been made with the Board of Customs and Excise to have the temporary huts removed which have been on the Customs House Quay in Lower Thames Street since the War; and whether he will see that this riverside promenade, which is the only one available in the City of London and which was used by city workers as a public right, can now be restored to its original use?

Mr. HUDSON

Owing to the great increase in the work of the Board of Customs and Excise, which has followed upon the introduction of the general tariff, it is not yet possible to remove the temporary buildings from the Customs House Quay. So long as these buildings remain, my Noble Friend regrets that the quay must remain closed to the public.