HC Deb 25 July 1957 vol 574 cc81-2W
95. Mrs. Jeger

asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the present number of empty residential Crown properties in Regent's Park; and what plans he has for their occupation, in view of the housing shortage in Central London.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The residential Crown properties in Regent's Park at present vacant, and in hand, are 49 terrace houses and 26 mews flats. The Crown Estate Commissioners are actively considering the future of these properties as part of the problem of the future of the Nash terraces generally.

96. Mr. Grimond

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Crown Estate Commissioners have yet come to a decision concerning the future of the terraces around Regent's Park.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The new Board of Crown Estate Commissioners is carefully considering the whole problem of the future use of these terraces after the existing leases expire during the nineteen-sixties. When a decision is reached it will, of course, be made public.