§ Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the First Commissioner of Works, inasmuch as the use of the Royal Parks was only granted to the several Departments now-using them as a temporary war measure, when he proposes to dismantle the buildings erected there and restore the free and unrestricted use of such parks to the public; and whether the Departments in question pay any rent or have any authority to erect practically permanent buildings in them?
§ Sir ALFRED MONDI would refer the I hon. and gallant Member to the answer given on the 25th February last to a similar question asked by the hon. Member for Southwark Central, of which I am sending him a copy. I regret that at the present time I can add nothing to that answer. The Departments in question do not, of course, pay rent for the accommodation, nor have they any authority to erect buildings in the Royal Parks. The existing buildings were erected by my Department.