§ MR. MORRELLI beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as 370 representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether, in view of the fact that at present county councils are under no obligation to provide proper equipment for a small holding or to erect a house upon it, the Government will consider the advisability of so amending the law that the Board may require the councils to do this wherever it is shown to be necessary; and whether, in the meantime, the Board will issue a Circular urging all councils to exercise in suitable cases the powers which they now have.
§ SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe Board have no evidence to show that county councils are likely to be unwilling to provide proper equipment for small holdings where the circumstances require it, and the Board do not think that any useful purpose would be served by the issue of a Circular Letter on the subject. It is much too early to contemplate the amendment of the Act, but we shall see that it has a fair trial.