41. Captain BROWNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that the weekly newspapers in which the draft Regulations terminating claims for loss due to compulsory ploughing were advertised are not read by 1 per cent. of the farmers affected in the North of England, and in view of the fact that the one insertion in the "Newcastle Journal" was not prominently placed, and is, indeed, not read by all farmers, he can now reconsider his decision, and accept claims that were late in being sent in?
Sir ARTHUR BOSCAWENI regret that I cannot add anything to the answer which I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend on 19th November. The Board have no power to admit claims which were sent in after the prescribed date.