§ Mr. ERNEST JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will state how many of those persons who were provided with small holdings by local bodies under the Small Holdings Act gave them up in 1910?
§ Mr. GULLAND (Lord of the Treasury) (for Sir E. Strachey)I will obtain the information asked for.
§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether Mr. F. E. N. Rogers will retain his position as a member and vice-chairman of the Wiltshire County Council after becoming an official of the Board whose duty it will be to criticise the action of county councils in their administration of the Small Holdings Act?
§ Mr. GULLANDMr. Rogers, on becoming a permanent Civil servant, will resign his seat on the county council.
§ Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will lay upon the Table of the House the Report of the Commissioner and the other official papers containing the negotiations between the Board and the County Council of Merioneth, relating to the President's refusal to confirm a compulsory order for the acquisition of land for small holdings?
§ Mr. GULLANDNo, Sir; I think it would be most undesirable to publish the confidential reports made to the Board.
§ Mr. HAYDN JONESAm I to understand that the Board decline to lay papers before the House containing information already given to newspapers?
§ Mr. GULLANDI do not know whether it has been given to the public newspapers, but that is the answer I have got.