§ 53. Mr. HURDasked the Minister of Agriculture the purport of his recent communication to the Wiltshire County Council on the subject of land drainage and of their reply?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe Ministry has been in correspondence with the Wiltshire County Council on the subject of the maintenance of land drainage schemes which were carried out by the Council with financial assistance from the Ministry during the period 1921–26. The points raised cannot be set out shortly in reply to a Parliamentary Question, but I shall be happy to furnish the hon. Member with a copy of the correspondence when it is completed.