§ CAPTAIN NORTON (Newington, W)I beg to ask the hon. Member for North Huntingdonshire, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will take steps to prevent any further portion of the Crown land known as Old Dean Common, between Bagshot and Camberley, being built over, in view of its value for the instruction in surveying of Sandhurst cadets and officers at the Staff College, and for other military purposes.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. HAYES FISHER,) FulhamI explained the circumstances of this case at some length in an answer to a Parliamentary Question on 18th December last. I presume that the hon. and gallant Member refers only to the strip of land half a mile in depth which borders on the Bagshot Road. This land is of considerable value for building, and no representations have been made to me by the War Office against its use for this purpose. Should the Secretary of State require more land for military purposes, the Commissioners of Woods could let to the War Office a large area in addition to what they will still hold under the lease that has been granted. The hon. and gallant Member has therefore no ground for his apprehensions.