§ Mr. WINFREYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that sixty-five men, the majority having agricultural experience and adequate capital, have applied to the London County Council for small holdings; that thirty-one of these applied in 1908, eleven in 1909, and twenty-three in 1910, but that none of their applications have yet been granted; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe facts are as stated. The difficulty is that the land required to satisfy the applicants would have to be obtained in neighbouring counties in which the value of land is so high as to render it by no means easy to satisfy the local demand. The Board will, however, confer with the county council on the subject.
§ Mr. WEDGWOODMay I ask whether the county council have approached the Vacant Lots Cultivation Society with a view to co-operation in the using of some of the vacant land in the town?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI do not know.