§ 30. Mr. PETOasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether it is proposed to appoint inspectors independent of the local war agricultural committees to see that full and proper use is made of the grass lands which have been or may be ordered to be ploughed up?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD Of AGRICULTURE (Sir Richard Winfrey)The responsibility of seeing that any land is properly cultivated rests on the county agricultural executive committees, and it is not proposed therefore to appoint inspectors for the purpose who would act independently of those committees.
Major WOODCan the hon. Gentleman give any estimate of the grass land which has been ploughed, on which no crops have been sown?
§ Sir R. WINFREYI must have notice of that.