§ MR. MORRELL (Oxfordshire, Henley)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he is able to make any further statement as to the failure of the Small Holdings Commissioners to make Reports to the Board of Agriculture under Section 2 (3) of the Small Holdings Act; whether he is aware that the duty for making Reports arises immediately upon the Commissioners having ascertained in any locality the existence of a demand, and is not contingent upon any default by a county council, which can, in fact, only occur at least six months after a Report has been forwarded by the Board to the council under Section 3 (1) of the Act; and whether he will see that these statutory duties, which have hitherto been entirely disregarded, are now carried out according to their plain meaning by the Commissioners and the Board.
§ MR. ASQUITHI have this matter under consideration, but at the moment I am unable to add anything to the Answer I gave to my hon. friend the other day.