§ 40. Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the declared intention of the Government to encourage afforestation as a remedy for unemployment, he has removed the limit of 10,000 acres a year imposed on the Forestry Commission in their planting operations?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAs I have already stated, the Government is giving detailed consideration to the afforestation problem. In the meantime, sufficient provision has already been inserted in the current Eslimates to peunit of the planting of 13,000 acres, but this would involve the purchase of additional land for the purpose, and it is one of the questions which is now under consideration.