§ Sir RANDOLF BAKERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture how many schemes, involving the raising of loans, had been agreed to by the Board of Agriculture, under the Small Holdings Act of 1908, for the various county councils of England and Wales?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYPractically all purchase schemes involve the raising of loans. The number of such schemes submitted to the Board is at present 339. The amount of loans actually sanctioned by the Local Government Board during the years 1908 and 1909 for the purposes of the Act was £826,289, of which £790,516 was for land and £35,773 for equipment and adaptation.
§ Sir RANDOLF BAKERWhat is the number of loans sanctioned for equipment and fencing, apart from the purchase of land?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI must ask for notice of that question.
§ Sir E. STRACHEYI must ask for notice of that also.