§ 26. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the First Commissioner of Works if he will consider wiring off suitable portions of the lakes in those Royal Parks where boating is permitted, so that during the breeding season the young birds may have a sanctuary from the boats and oars and not be maimed' and killed as they have been in previous years?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREBoating is allowed on the Serpentine and the Regent's Park lake. The island in the Serpentine and the channel separating it from the northern bank are chained off : in Regent's Park, boats are excluded from the arms of the lake at its north-western and south-western ends. I have no evidence in my Department that, under present conditions, birds have suffered injury in the manner suggested by my 732 hon. and gallant Friend, but I will certainly consider whether it is possible for any further areas of water to be marked off as sanctuaries.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREWill the right hon. Gentleman allow me to escort him some Sunday morning around Regent's Park so that he can see how many of these small birds and ducks are being killed?