§ Sir T. Beamishasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when he expects to receive a submission from the National Parks Commission following the proposal to declare the South Downs an area of outstanding natural beauty; and what has been the cause of the delay since the draft proposals were first made public.
Dr. HillI expect to receive the order made by the Commission within a month. The interest aroused by the public advertisement of the proposals was quite unprecedented and since then the Commission have been considering the large number of representations made to them.