§ Lord NINIAN CRICHTON - STUARTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if his attention had been drawn to the case of Mrs. Bassett, a widow with seven children and now in occupation of Waterhall Farm, Glamorganshire, which is to be taken by the Glamorgan County Council for small holdings; whether he is aware that the farm in question has been occupied by the Bassett family for upwards of sixty years; and that four of the children are exclusively occupied in cultivating the holding; and whether, in view of the pressure of his Department on the county council to acquire land, he will secure for Mrs. Bassett a holding of equivalent size and value?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Edward Strachey)The Glamorgan County Council have made an Order for the compulsory hiring of this farm, but I have no information as to the circumstances of the present tenant. If any objection to the Order is received the Board will hold a local inquiry, as required by the Act, and the matters referred to by the Noble Lord will be fully considered in deciding whether or not the Order should be confirmed.