Mr. NEWDEGATEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether in any legislation dealing with the matter it is the intention of the Government to arrange that compensation shall be granted to farmers owning their own land in the same way as to tenant farmers, in the event of some of that land being compulsorily taken for small holdings or allotments?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Edward Strachey)Owners of land whose property is taken compulsorily for small holdings and allotments are under existing enactments entitled to compensation, and the Government has no intention of introducing further legislation on the subject.