HC Deb 30 July 1934 vol 292 c2298W
Mr. BURNETT

asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it is intended at the expiration of the tennis court leases to use the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, wholly as gardens or partly as a sports area; and, if the latter is the case, will he provide, on adjacent Crown property, an equal garden area to compensate for the garden displacement within the Botanical Gardens enclosure?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

As I have already stated in reply to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for West Fulham (Sir C. Cobb), I have made no decision about the future of the tennis courts. I should like to make it clear that no new tennis courts have been constructed since my Department took over the gardens from the Boyal Botanic Society, and that consequently no question of displacement arises.

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