ASHDOWN FOREST BILL [Lords]

Part of Private Business – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 July 1973.

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Photo of Mr James Wellbeloved Mr James Wellbeloved , Erith and Crayford 12:00, 4 July 1973

As far as pop festivals are concerned, my hon. Friend will be aware that the Department has recently issued a code for use at pop festival assemblies, and that code would apply if the Ashdown Forest were to be used for such an assembly. I do not think it ever will be, because it is not a suitable place in which to have a pop festival. I appreciate and understand my hon. Friend's references to other types of assembly, but I can assure him that it would not be a suitable place for a pop assembly and, therefore, he should not waste too much time deploying his argument on the basis of pop assemblies. I believe that he is on better ground with the other types of assembly he has in mind.