Mr. PIKE PEASE (for Mr. Carlile)asked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether he is aware that the Romford Urban District Council has applied for Crown land for the purpose of allotments for the town of Romford; will he say whether the land applied for has been let to the council, and upon what terms; whether the Romford Urban District Council has been unable to relet such land to applicants for allotments for less than £6 10s. per acre per annum; and how this sum compares with the rent paid for the remaining portion of the field from which this land is taken?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSE, who answered the question, said: Arrangements have been made to let on lease to the Romford Urban District Council three acres of Crown land at a rent of £7 10s. per annum, which is the abatement made to the farm tenant on giving up possession. There is no separate rent paid for the remaining portion of the field, which forms part of a larger holding, comprising about 361 acres, the average rent of which is about £l 10s. per acre.