§ MR. TREVELYAN (Yorkshire, W.R., Elland)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury how much of the woodland south of Claygate, near Esher, in Surrey, belongs to the Crown, to what use the woods are at present put, and why the public are refused access to them.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) Some 800 acres of enclosed woodland south of Claygate form part of a larger estate belonging to the Crown. The woods are at present appropriated for the growth of timber and underwood, and the shooting over them is let. The admission of the public to the woods would involve damage to the timber and underwood and a consequent loss of revenue to the Crown.