SIR TREVOR LAWRENCEasked the Chief Commissioner of Works, Whether he has been able to see his way to any concession to meet the widespread desire for the earlier opening of Kew Gardens to the public?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREI have been in communication with the Director of Kew Gardens on this subject, and the hon. Member will be pleased to hear that Sir Joseph Hooker has found himself able to propose that the Royal Gardens at Kew shall be opened one hour earlier than has hitherto been the case, and that this can be done without interfering with the important work carried on there. The Gardens, therefore, from the beginning of the next financial year, will be opened at noon instead of at 1 o'clock.