§ Mr. NEWBOULD (by Private Notice)asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, whether his attention has been called to a Mass Meeting of Allotment Holders from all parts of London, held in the Essex Hall last night to protest against the wholesale eviction of plotholders by the Epping Forest Commissioners, the London County Council, the Office of Works, and other authorities, and in view of the implied promise made by the Board of Agriculture that plot-hilders should not be disturbed for two years after the War, what action, if any, he proposes to take?
§ Colonel SANDERS (Lord of the Treasury)The report of the meeting referred to has not yet reached the Board, and there has been therefore no opportunity of considering it. As explained in previous answers to questions in this House, the Board have no power to over-ride the discretion vested in some of the bodies whose action is now being objected to, but on receiving the report of the meeting the Board will consider what action, if any, can be taken.