Mr. POINTERasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether, in the event of the local authorities declining to purchase the leases of the enclosures in Regent's Park, the Government will consider the advisability of throwing open these enclosures in the public interest, as was done in the cases of Greenwich Park and Hampton Court?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANI am not fully acquainted with the cases at Greenwich Park and Hampton Court to which my hon. Friend refers, but I understand that no property placed in charge with the Commissioners of Woods for revenue purposes 617W has been opened to the public in either place. Greenwich Park and Hampton Court are under the charge of the Commissioners of Works.
Mr. POINTERasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he will place maps and plans of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, with enclosures, in the Library of the House for the information of Members?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANAs regards Regent's Park, I think my hon. Friend will obtain all the information he desires from the plans that are included among the papers relating to enclosures in Regent's Park that have been recently presented to Parliament (Cd. 6842). Primrose Hill is not under the charge of the Commissioners of Woods, and for information concerning it I must refer my hon. Friend to the First Commissioner of Works.