§ MR. MONTAGU (Cambridgeshire, Chesterton)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if any county councils have submitted to the Board more than one scheme under the Small Holdings Act, of 1907; how much land has been purchased under schemes which have been approved; how much land has 969 been leased; and whether any schemes which necessitate the use of compulsory powers have been submitted or approved.
§ THE TREASURER OF THE HOUSE-HOLD (Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Somersetshire, S.The Gloucester County Council have submitted six schemes; Norfolk, four; and the Isle of Wight, two. In regard to the ten schemes which have been provisionally approved or confirmed, it is proposed to purchase 315½ acres and to lease 455 acres. No schemes have yet been submitted which necessitate the use of compulsory powers.