Mr. JARDINEasked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to a speech delivered by Sir Edward Strachey, at Shepton Mallet, on 18th September, advocating the purchase of large quantities of land by county councils with a view to the councils becoming landlords not only of small holders but of tenants of more than fifty acres; and whether this proposal represents the policy of His Majesty's Government?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI have seen a report of the speech referred to in the question, and I gather from it that Sir Edward Strachey, in the statement quoted, was only expressing his own views on the subject.
§ Captain WEIGALLWas the advocacy of these views the reason for the hon. Baronet's removal to a higher sphere?