67. Captain BROWNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether he is aware that the system of letting off farms is causing great dissatisfaction in the border counties and that many good farmers are in consequence deprived of the means whereby to earn their living; and if he will cause a definite inquiry to be made into this question to ascertain the full facts and causes, its relation to production, and to suggest a remedy for this cause of social unrest?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of AGRICULTURE (Sir Arthur Boscawen)I am aware of the dissatisfaction arising out of the system to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers, and I doubt whether any useful purpose would be served by making further inquiries. At the same time the attention of county councils in the North of England will again be specially called to the desirability of acquiring off farms to meet the requirements of ex-service applicants.