§ 36. Mr. BURNETTasked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of his decision of 25th June to allow various bodies to continue to hold garden fetes and theatrical performances in the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, at a time when the new rose and flower gardens are at their best, he will minimise the inconvenience caused to the general public through the booths and other erections by allocating for such entertainments an area other than that containing the flower gardens in the enclosed area of the Botanical Gardens?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Ormsby-Gore)I would point out to my hon. Friend that the open air theatre involves no interference with the enjoyment of the rose and flower gardens by the public, and I would remind him that, in my reply of the 25th June to my hon. Friend the Member for West Fulham (Sir C. Cobb), I stated that I had no intention of allowing any considerable extension of the existing practice under which I give permission for two garden fetes in the course of a year. On these two days public access to the rose garden is maintained, but it is unfortunately impossible to preserve such access to the flower gardens during the fetes, and I cannot allocate any other area for the purpose.