§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is intended to use any portion of the Ravenscourt Park, Hammersmith, for drilling or military exercises; and, if so, whether this will have the effect of excluding the ratepayers of Hammersmith from ground purchased for the purposes of public recreation?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)I have been in communication with my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hammersmith (General Goldsworthy), and I have also received a Memorial on this subject. Looking to the local circumstances, it is exceedingly unlikely that Ravenscourt Park will be used for any military purpose, except, perhaps, for the local Volunteers. But I do not think I should be justified, on national grounds, in assenting to a bye-law which would exclude the military from the Park under any conceivable circumstances.