§ Mr. MILLSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that a public esplanade was closed to the public at Ipswich during the War, and that gates and fences erected during that period still stand; and will he give orders for these obstructions to be removed between the dock and the river Orwell, and restore to the public the right of access which has existed for centuries?
§ Mr. AMERYThe Admiralty were not concerned in the closing of the esplanade in question, and have no power to order the removal of the gates and fences.