Kingston Council Commitment to House of Lords

In 1989 Kingston council commited before the House of Lords (as recorded in Hansard) to keep the Island for Education AND Recreation. Is the current sale of the Island for Private Development Legal.
Lord Pesten said
” My Lords, following yesterday’s disaster on the playing fields of Headingley, will the Government take seriously the need to keep playing fields in existence as playing fields? Am I not right that, given the new Education Reform Act, the Secretary of State cannot prevent the London boroughs getting rid of playing fields? Following 1422 that, and in the hope that the noble Viscount has some good news, can he tell us whether the water sports facilities at Raven’s Ait, which is an example of what I have in mind, will be preserved?

§ Viscount Davidson
My Lords, I am not sure whether that comes under the heading of “cricket” or “rowing”. The water sports centre at Raven’s Ait to which I think the noble Lord is referring will no longer be used by ILEA and it applied to my right honourable friend for consent to dispose of it. It was given consent and has sold it to the Royal Borough of Kingston, which I understand is committed to retaining the site for educational and recreational use.”

The Ravens Island Community Centre project was and is providing urgently needed Environmental Education.At this critical time for the Environment.We are contacting Lord Pesten to see if he can become the peoples Champion.
We are also emailing all of the Lords and MPs to see if they will do anything about the selling down the River of the “birthplace of British Parliamentary Democracy” ref. Treaty of Kingston 1217 (which helped to ratify the Magna Carta )
the Island should be saved for all ages of the community to enjoy.