§ 52. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give particulars of the grant to be paid for planting poplar trees; and the reason for this special subsidy.
§ Mr. G. BrownThe grants are £8 per acre for trees planted in blocks and 2s. per tree for trees planted in lines or avenues. These grants will be paid in equal instalments, the first at planting and the second after five years. The country is almost wholly dependent on imports for its supplies of poplar wood, which is very valuable industrially, and my right hon. Friend hopes that the grants will encourage the planting of poplars on sites which otherwise would not be used.