§ Sir Eldon GriffithsTo ask the Lord President of the Council if, in view of the new security requirement that visitors to the Norman Shaw parliamentary office buildings shall use the Derby gate entrance rather than that from the Embankment, he will arrange with Westminster council, the Metropolitan police and the contractors working on the building adjoining Whitehall, to have this area cleaned and tidied and made more presentable for the reception of visitors.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[holding answer 17 October 1989]: The area outside Derby gate is not a matter directly for me. However, I have asked the relevant House authorities to take up the question of its cleanliness and tidyness with Westminister city council and the contractors working on the phase 1 site of the new parliamentary buildings.