§ LORD WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the Board of Agriculture, if Crown Lands, or lands belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster, can be acquired compulsorily by county councils for small holdings.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) The compulsory provisions of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act are not applicable to lands belonging to the Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster.