§ MR. CROOKS (Woolwich)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, when the Board receives a specific complaint from any applicant for a small holding whose application has been refused, what method of investigating has it adopted.
§ * SIR EDWARD STRACHEYThe usual procedure is to ask in the first place for the observations of the county council. If the reasons assigned for the rejection appear insufficient, the county council is requested to reconsider the application. If necessary, an inspector is sent down to make a personal inquiry into the case. No case has occurred where a county council has refused to reconsider an application on being asked by the Board to do so.