HC Deb 07 December 1937 vol 330 cc196-7
57. Colonel Brown

asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what is the shortest distance between the Roman Wall and any point of their existing properties in Northumberland or Cumberland; whether any land in the vicinity of the Roman Wall has been surveyed by their officials; and whether they are prepared to guarantee that no land which is within three miles of, and is visible from, the Roman Wall will be planted?

Sir G. Courthope

The shortest distance between the Roman Wall and the Forestry Commissioners' Warke Forest is approximately one mile. Land in the vicinity of the Wall has been surveyed by their officials. The Commissioners are not prepared to guarantee as suggested, but great care will be paid to the amenities in any planting in the vicinity of the Wall.

Colonel Brown

Did the Commission judge for themselves the amenities of the Roman Wall?

Sir G. Courthope

All such matters are considered by a Joint Committee of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England and of the Commissioners.