§ MR. BRIDGEMAN (Shropshire, Oswestry)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, it He can state the amount which it has been necessary to spend on the erection and alteration of buildings to adapt the Crown farm at Burwell to the requirements of the eighty-two small holders now in occupation; and if the expense has been borne by the Board of Agriculture, by the hon. Member for Newmarket, or by the small holders.
§ THE TREASURER TO THE HOUSEHOLD (Sir Edward STRACHEY, Somersetshire, E.)The estimated amount of the expenditure on the erection and adaptation of buildings on the Crown farm at Burwell is £1,800. This amount will be borne on the Land Revenues of the Crown, interest being paid by my hon. friend the Member for Newmarket in the shape of additional rent. He informs me that this additional rent is added to the rents paid by his sub-tenants.
§ MR. BRIDGEMANDoes the£1,800 represent the whole expense of placing eighty-two people on this farm?
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYI think so, but if the hon. Member will put down a Question I will ascertain definitely.