Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the hon. Member for Southampton, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he is aware that it is the practice to appoint supernumerary park-keepers in the Royal Parks who are on duty on Sundays and holidays, and that in all the parks except Greenwich and Richmond parks these men are provided with uniforms while on duty; whether he is aware that 1406W the ununiformed men at Greenwich and Richmond have not the same control over those who frequent those parks as the men in the other parks have; and whether he will provide uniforms for the men employed as keepers in the two parks referred to?
Mr. DUDLEY WARDSupernumerary park-keepers are appointed in the Royal Parks for temporary duty on Sundays and holidays, and those officers who are not furnished with a full uniform are provided with an official cap and badge. Experience has shown that the absence of full uniform is in no way detrimental to their control over frequenters of the parks. The First Commissioner of Works is not prepared to incur the unnecessary expense of providing full uniform for the temporary men in question.