§ Mr. GINNELLasked why the Estates Commissioners permitted, in the vicinity of villages which had lost trade and required land, the sale of untenanted land under the Land Purchase Acts to monopolists and not to the villagers, thus making the relief of the latter more difficult; and whether the Commissioners would make any change in their practice in this respect in exercise of their new powers?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners are not able to identify the par- 500 ticular sales to which the hon. Member refers. They have no such practice as is mentioned in the question.