§ MR. R. HARCOURT (Montrose Burghs)I beg to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will now state the acreage of land acquired under the Small Holdings Act by each county in England and Wales separately.
§ MR. J. A. PEASEThe following table gives the information for which my hon. friend asks—
County. Area acquired. England— Acres. Bedford 375¾ Berks 1,396¼ Buckingham 300 Cambridge 1,377½ Cheshire 853 Cornwall 186 Dorset 747½ Durham 173 Essex 465¾ Gloucester 504¼ Hampshire 15¼ Hertford 404 Huntingdon 514¾ Isle of Ely 596 Isle of Wight 344¼ Kent 149½ Lincoln—Holland 653 Lincoln—Kesteven 344½ Lincoln—Lindsey 274 Norfolk 1,212¾ Northampton 408 Oxford 233 Peterborough, Soke of 115¼ Rutland 25 Salop 154¼ Somerset 42 Suffolk, East 202¼ Westmoreland 45 Wilts 483 Worcester 126½ York, East Riding 288 Total 13,009¾ Wales— Anglesey 103¼ Carmarthen 21½ Montgomery 56¾ Radnor 280 Total 461½ Total, England and Wales 13,471¼