§ 12. Mr. OLIVER LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he can advance money to the county council of Huntingdonshire in order to assist it in remitting part of or the whole of the rents of its small-holding tenants who have suffered from the recent floods?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANIn cases where schemes under the Small Holdings Act have resulted in loss in consequence of the inability of tenants to pay their rent by reason of the heavy floods, the Board, with the concurrence of the Treasury, are prepared to consider applications from county councils for assistance out of the Small Holdings Account. The conditions of such assistance, which may amount to 50 per cent, of the loss, are laid down in the Treasury Minute of 31st December, 1907, a copy of which I shall be pleased to send to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThey come under the provisions of the Small Holdings Account; the county councils can make their own arrangements.