HC Deb 26 November 1934 vol 295 cc487-8
22. Mr. OSWALD LEWIS

asked the First Commissioner of Works what gifts have been made to the Royal parks during the past year?

The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Ormsby-Gore)

I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of gifts to the Royal parks since November, 1933. They include birds from Colonel Maxwell Earle and Mr. J. C. Laidlay; birds' eggs from Viscountess Byng of Vimy; bulbs and plants from the Horticultural Trades Association, the Rose Growers' Association, Messrs. R. H. Bath, Limited, Messrs. Dicksons and Company, and the Bermuda Department of Agriculture; and other gifts from the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Mr. H. E. Seligman, and Messrs. John Pinches. It always gives me great pleasure to receive such gifts, and I am very grateful for this opportunity of expressing my thanks to the doners.

Mr. MACQUISTEN

Would my right hon. Friend accept gifts of penny seats?

Following is the list:

Birds:

Bulbs and Plants:

Miscellaneous: