§ SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derby, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the statement that in a com- 902 munication from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests the people of Billing-borough were informed that Sir Nigel Kingscote as
At present advised would not be disposed to grant to labourers allotments which, either in themselves or with other allotments now held by them, would exceed half an acre,whilst, under the Allotments Acts of 1882 and 1887, Charity Trustees and Sanitary Authorities may be called upn to provide allotments of an acre; and whether it is in the power of any department to evade the intention of the law by declaring that where the land in a particular district is under the control of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests the labourers shall have only half an acre each instead of the acre they might have demanded had the ownership been invested in Charity Trustees or private individuals?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH, Strand, Westminster)I must ask the hon. Gentleman to defer the question until Monday. I have not yet had time to make inquiry.