§ MR. CROOKS (Woolwich)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the alarm caused by the report that the Army Council are proposing to build over Eltham and Kidbrook Commons; and whether the London County Council have forwarded the resolution passed by them on 14th April this year, asking the Army Council, in connection with any proposal affecting Eltham Common, to secure the preservation of the existing trees, and to answer that nothing had been done to interfere with the existing use of the common by the public and the existing rights of common; and, if so, what reply was given.
§ MR. HALDANEThe proposal to erect buildings for the Royal Army Medical Corps on Eltham Common has been dropped. As regards the rest of the Question, the communication of the War Office to the London County Council of 15th January expressed clearly the intention of the Army Council as a matter of policy to afford to the public in the future, as in the past, all the facilities consistent with the exigencies of the military service. No further action was therefore required by the communication from the London County Council of 14th April beyond the usual acknowledgment.