Radical plan to seal off Commons with new security perimeter and road closures as officials try to boost protection following the Westminster attack

‘Parliament would be protected by a new security ‘air lock’ under a radical plan being considered in the wake of the latest terror attack.
It would put the Commons’ Carriage Gates entrance – breached by terrorist Khalid Masood last week – behind a new security perimeter extending into Parliament Square.
And it could mean closing the road outside the Commons to all but parliamentary traffic.
The proposals – drawn up with expert advice – will have to be agreed with Westminster city council chiefs, due to meet MPs this week to hammer out new security plans for the Palace of Westminster.
Commons insiders admitted that the ambitious new scheme was ‘no short-term solution’, with more immediate security improvements such as counter-terror bollards now expected.’
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