§ MR. BIGWOOD (Middlesex, Brentford)I beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works whether the Department are now asking for tenders for the purchase of standing timber on Brentford Eyot; and whether he is aware that people in the neigbourhood, who are anxious to preserve these trees upon that island, are willing to pay all expenses towards the safe maintenance of them in their present position?
§ *MR. JACKSONThis is rather a question for the Commissioners of Woods than for the Commissioner of Works. I am not aware that tenders are out for the purchase of standing timber on Brentford Eyot. The Commissioners of Woods would be glad to hear from the persons referred to in the second paragraph of the Question; and if they can meet the wishes of the Local Authorities they will do so.