asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what steps he has taken since the passing of the Finance Act, 1946, to secure the application of part of the National Land Fund to one of the objects for which it was established, namely, assistance in the matter of national parks.

For the reason given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in answer to a question by the hon. Member for West Wolverhampton (Mr. H. D. Hughes) on 5th April last, a copy of which I am sending to my hon. Friend, a decision about the use of the National Land Fund for the purposes of the national parks has not yet been made.