HC Deb 23 June 1947 vol 439 c27
51. Mr. Baldwin

asked the Minister of Agriculture when it is proposed to hand back to the commonholders those commons which were requisitioned by the W.A.E.Cs. during the war.

Mr. T. Williams

In the present serious food situation I can make no promise, but I will give the matter sympathetic consideration as soon as the position eases.

Mr. Baldwin

May I ask the Minister whether, when the time comes to hand back these commons to the common-holders, he will take the necessary steps to see that the common landlords look after their commons and keep them in food production and not let them revert to the state which they were in previously?

Mr. Williams

Yes, but that is tomorrow and not today.