§ 27. Mr. Wakefieldasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what steps are being taken to ensure that local authorities will be afforded reasonable opportunities of acquiring sports grounds for sport and recreational use by the local ratepayers which have been laid out or requisitioned by the Departments of State and are not required to be retained when peace returns.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning (Mr. H. Strauss)The importance of providing adequate facilities for sport and recreation is fully recognised. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of a circular issued to local planning authorities on 3rd November, 1943, which contains paragraphs dealing with this subject and I can assure him that full weight will be given to these requirements in disposing of the land to which he refers.