HC Deb 29 March 1945 vol 409 c1511
10. Sir G. Mander

asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when it is proposed to publish the Report on National Parks by Mr. John Dower.

Mr. W. S. Morrison

I hope to be able to publish the Report shortly, but I am not in a position to state the precise date of publication.

Sir G. Mander

In view of the fact that, from all accounts, the Report has been available for many months, and that my right hon. Friend said the other day that he would publish it, why not fix a definite date?

Mr. Morrison

It was only the other day that I said that.

Mr. Edmund Haney

Will my right hon. Friend remember that last September he said, in reply to a question of mine, that he hoped to publish it shortly?

Mr. Morrison

That is quite true. Since then we have had the matter considered by all the Departments whose activities are involved, and that consideration is very nearly finished. I hope to get the Report out very shortly.

Mr. Bossom

Will my right hon. Friend let the country know, in general, the areas that he proposes to reserve in this way, so that there will not be the complications which have already been indicated as developing?

Mr. Morrison

Yes, Sir, the Report will deal with these areas.