HC Deb 04 February 1908 vol 183 cc718-9
MR. BOWLES

On behalf of the hon. Member for the Rye Division of Sussex. I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture whether Bills to consolidate the Agriculture Holdings Act and the Small Holdings Act will be introduced this session.

THE TREASURER OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Sir EDWRD STRACHEY,) Somersetshire, S.

Bills for the purpose are in a forward state of preparation and we hope that they may be introduced and passed into law, with the general consent of the House, at a very early date.