§ MR. COWAN (Surrey, Guildford)To ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he will obtain from the Surrey County Council particulars of all applications approved by them according to the parishes in which the applicants live, showing name, address, and occupation of applicant, date of application, amount of land applied for, date at which application was approved, and subsequent proceedings; and particulars of all rejected applications, with the reasons for the rejection in each case.
(Answered by Sir Edward Strachey.) The Board are not prepared to ask for the Return suggested. It would involve a great deal of labour without any corresponding advantage. Every applicant is informed whether he is approved or not, and the Board are always ready to inquire into any specific complaints. Our experience affords no justification for the suggestion that applicants are as a rule rejected on inadequate grounds.