§ 89. Mr. Parkerasked the Minister of Works whether he has reached a decision about the treatment of the trees in Birdcage Walk.
§ Mr. Buchan-HepburnThe two rows of plane trees on the north side of Birdcage Walk are closely planted and are growing into one another. My Advisory Committee on Forestry has advised that alternate trees in the row nearest to the road should be removed in order to give the remaining trees room for development. As the trees are already badly cramped the Committee advises that this should be done before the Spring. The Committee also advises that the other trees in the same row should be trimmed back where they hide the gas lamps.
I propose to act on this advice and to carry out the work in the next few weeks.