HC Deb 15 July 1908 vol 192 cc859-60
MR. MORRELL

I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what is the total number of persons specially appointed under Clause 1 of the Small Holdings Act, whether as Commissioners or assistants, for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the demand for small holdings in England and Wales and the extent to which it is reasonably practicable to satisfy it.

SIR EDWARD STRACHEY

Six.

MR. MORRELL

was understood to suggest that that was a small number in view of the extent of the demand for small holdings in England and Wales.

MR. SOARES (Devonshire, Barnstaple)

Are there two Commissioners and four Assistant Commissioners?

SIR EDWARD STRACHEY

There are two Commissioners and four inspectors doing the work.