§ 31. Mr. Rentonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether his attention has been drawn to the recent case in which a parish council was held liable to pay heavy damages to a child who was injured on a children's playground owned by the council; and what steps he proposes to take to ensure that local authorities are not discouraged from providing children's playgrounds owing to the risk of having to pay heavy damages.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanIt is for the Local Authorities to consider their position in the light of the case to which my hon. Friend refers, but on present information I have no reason to think it will have the effect he suggests on the provision of playgrounds.