HC Deb 18 February 1887 vol 311 cc24-5
MR. J. W. BARCLAY (Forfarshire)

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Whether he will make provision in the next Agricultural Returns for ascertaining, as in 1881, the number and acreage of arable farms in England and Wales now unoccupied?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY (Lord JOHN MANNERS) (Leicestershire, E.)

The Returns are now being printed; but I am endeavouring to have a column added for the information asked for in the hon. Member's Question.