§ 18. Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for War why forms dated 20th September, 1944 are being circulated to landowners and occupiers under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts requisitioning land in a certain area for the purpose of training troops; and, as agriculture is prejudiced by land taken for this purpose and it was understood that when the land was first taken under the Acts it was for the purpose of training American troops, will he now release for urgent agricultural purposes all the land temporarily taken.
§ Sir J. GriggThe training notices under Defence Regulation 52 in respect of this 8 area expired on 30th September. It then was and still is likely that it will be necessary to use this land for training either British or American troops, and the notices were consequently renewed. As my hon. Friend is aware, occupiers continue to cultivate land over which training rights have been secured under Defence Regulation 52, but I can assure my hon. Friend, as I did on 1st August, that these rights will be relinquished as soon as operations in north-west Europe make this possible.