HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 cc2114-5W
Mr. Price

asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether the sites for camps in the Forest of Dean, in connection with the creation of a national forest park, have been fixed; where they will be placed; and when they are likely to be completed?

Colonel Ropner

I have been asked to reply. The site for the camp which it is proposed to open first has been fixed; this is at Christchurch where a caravan site complete with shelter hut, water and sanitary block will be provided. It is hoped to open the camp in question during August. The manner in which the further sites surveyed will be developed and the nature of the equipment to be provided will be governed by experience gained at the Christchurch camp this year but it may be mentioned that negotiations are at present proceeding with the Boy Scouts Association for the allocation of a site or sites, probably at Wigpool Common and Tintern.