§ 40. Mr. Marquandasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what is his estimate of the acreage of land in proportion to population which will be available for playing fields to the people of Middlesbrough when all building development provided for in the town plan is complete; and how this will compare with his estimate of a desirable provision of playing fields in urban areas generally.
§ Sir K. JosephThe amount of public open space existing in 1953 was 349 acres, equivalent to 2.3 acres per thousand of the population. It was proposed in the development plan to raise this by 1,971 to about 5 acres per thousand by allocating a further 380 acres.