§ 10. Mr. Treeasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning, having regard to the interests of the public generally, and the Scott Report in particular, whether he is satisfied that there are sufficient specialists qualified by training and experience, to ensure that the subject of landscape treatment in the large number of development schemes now being formulated will be given proper consideration and that the work will be carried out under the best possible advice; and, if not, what steps he is prepared to take in order to assist trainees in the profession of landscape architecture.
§ The Minister of Town and Country Planning (Mr. W. S. Morrison)I recognise the value of expert landscape treatment in a variety of redevelopment and planning problems; and I shall do what I can to see that the best use is made of the knowledge and experience available. There is, however, at present a shortage of specialists in this subject, and the shortage is not likely to he made good until some time after the end of the war. I shall give every encouragement to the professional institutes concerned to arrange suitable courses of training.
§ Mr. TreeWhilst thanking my right hon. Friend for his reply, may I ask if he is aware that there are no less than eight schools of landscape architecture in the United States and that landscape architecture plays a great part in all development schemes over there; and will he, therefore, try to get all the interested. bodies together, with the object of getting at least one Chair established at the earliest possible moment, in a British university?
§ Mr. MorrisonI am aware of the position in America as compared with this country, and I shall carefully consider the suggestion of my hon. Friend.