§ Mr. Lipsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that right hon. and hon. Members who arrive at the House on foot frequently enter its precincts at great personal risk owing to motor traffic; and, in view of this, will he arrange for a police officer to be on duty by the refuge facing the carriage gate at the entrance in Parliament Square.
§ Mr. EdeThe refuge to which the hon. Member refers is controlled by a police constable, but it has been found from experience that he can best exercise control from a position about twenty yards away rather than at the refuge itself. Hitherto there has been a constable on duty from 1.30 p.m. until the rising of the House, except on Fridays when he commences duty at 10 a.m. The Commissioner has now arranged that there shall be a constable on this duty at 10 a.m. on every day on which the House is sitting.