§ 7. Mr. LEACHasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if there has been any increase in the work of afforestation promoted by his Board since the War began; and, if so, to what extent?
§ Sir HARRY VERNEYSince the outbreak of the War the Board's Forestry inspectors have surveyed several areas in England and Wales and are in communication with the owners of suitable land with a view to the utilisation of unemployed labour in afforestation if occasion should arise.