HC Deb 03 April 1935 vol 300 cc356-7
40. Commander BOWER

asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will intervene to prevent the erection by the Surrey County Council of a secondary school in the ancient Royal Park of Nonsuch?

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

Nonsuch Park is not under the jurisdiction of my Department, and I have no power to take any action in the matter.

Commander BOWER

Has my right hon. Friend any power to recommend that such historical sites in the neighbourhood of London be scheduled, with a view to saving them from so-called development?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

My power under the Ancient Monuments Act is limited to actual buildings or erections.

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