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THE PARLIAMENT SQUARE AND

OTHER STREETS BILL.

(Previous

Reference:

Cabinet 6

(28), Con- clusion 8 and Appendix.)

5. The Cabinet had before them a Memorandum

by the First Commissioner of Works (Paper C.P.-

202 (28)) covering a draft of a Bill to transfer

to the Westminster City Council the roads and

pavements in Parliament Square.

The Prime Minister entered a caveat that

the time of Parliament during the present Session

was very much taken up and he doubted if it would

be possible to give any facilities to the Parlia-

ment Square and Other Streets Bill.

The Cabinet agreed, subject to the Prime

Minister's warning,

To approve the Parliament Square and Other Streets Bill, and that the First Commissioner of Works should place himself in touch with the Chief Whip in order to ascertain whether some opportunity could be found to pass what was likely to be an uncontroversial measure.

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