To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to approve the draft byelaws relating to parks and pleasure grounds which have been submitted to him by Woking borough council.

Home Office officials wrote to Woking borough council on 5 October, asking for a number of minor amendments to be made to the draft byelaws. If the council agrees to these changes and submits a revised draft, we shall then be able to give provisional approval to the byelaws.