*THE EARL OF PLYMOUTHMy Lords, I ask the indulgence of the House for a few moments in order to make a personal explanation with regard to a paragraph which appeared in a Paper recently issued by the Government referring to allotments and small holdings. I should like first of all to apologise to the House for not having been in my place on either of the two occasions when this question was raised by my noble friend the Leader of the Opposition. On the first occasion I was out of England, and on the second I had a long-standing important engagement in the country, and so was unable to be here. Therefore it is that I ask your Lordships' indulgence to refer to the matter now by way of a personal explanation.
The paragraph in this Paper to which I allude was extracted from an appendix to the Minutes of Evidence which were given before the Committee presided over by my noble friend the Chairman of Committees, Lord Onslow. It appears at the top of page 13 of the Memorandum, and is as follows—