§ 26. Mr. Keelingasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the exclusion of children from many parks and open, spaces taken ' over for military purposes and of the fact that more children were killed on the roads in February than in any previous February of the war, he will take powers to cause local authorities to make suitable bombed sites available as children's playgrounds.
§ Mr. WillinkI do not contemplate the introduction of legislation for this purpose generally, but I am prepared to consider individual proposals on their merits. I should, of course, have to take account of the shortage of labour and materials involved in the work.
§ Mr. KeelingWould my right hon. and learned Friend not consider making proposals or suggestions to the local authorities to deal with a very serious situation?
§ Mr. WillinkI am quite prepared to consider that, but the Question dealt with compelling local authorities.
§ Mr. LindsayWill the right hon. and learned Gentleman, jointly with the Board of Education, seize this as a chance for a piece of imaginative administration?
§ Mr. WillinkThis is not a very easy period for imaginative administration.