§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works if he will make arrangements to abolish the charge of 2d. to members of the Forces for the use of chairs in public parks in London.
§ Mr. HicksI have again sympathetically considered the suggestion first made by the hon. and gallant Member for Finchley (Captain Crowder) on 5th May last year that the charge for chairs in the Royal Parks might be waived in the case of Service personnel in uniform. As I stated on that occasion there are already in the Royal Parks free seats for some 8,000 people, of which 6,000 are in the Central London Parks, and I regret that it has not been found possible to adopt the suggestion.