§ 26. Mr. CROOKSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether about 30 acres of land near Wych Cross, Sussex, has been cultvated by men of the Royal Field Artillery stationed in the vicinity; that the land has been ploughed and manured for two years and crops have been grown; that during the past few months some hundreds of loads of manure have been carted from the camp to this land; whether this manure has now been sold and that the intention is to allow the land to return to its pre-war useless condition; and whether, in view of the fact that the land in question is administered by the Ashdown Forest Conservators, an inquiry will be made into the matter with a view to this land being put to proper use?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Colonel Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen)The Board have no information on the subject, but inquiries are being made.