§ 66. Captain FITZROYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to statements which have lately appeared in the Press regarding the proposals which the Government are prepared to make on the subject of security of tenure to the effect that the farmer should be secured in his tenancy unless the land is sold for public purposes or he is a bad cultivator accurately represents the policy of the Government on this question?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe statements to which my hon. and gallant Friend draws attention do not accurately represent the proposals which the Government are prepared to make on the subject of security of tenure. The whole question is now under consideration, but I am not in a position to make any positive announcement of policy at the present moment.