§ Mr. BOULTONasked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what land the county council of Huntingdonshire have acquired or have agreed to acquire by voluntary arrangement under the Small Holdings Act, and what is the value of such land; what land has the council acquired or is in process of acquiring under the compulsory clause of the Act, and what is the value of such land; what further land, if any, the council is now in negotiation for by voluntary purchase, and what is the approximate value of such land; and what further land, if any, the council has decided to purchase under the compulsory clause of the Act, and what is the approximate value of such land?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe amount of land that the council have acquired or agreed to acquire by voluntary arrangement is 672 acres, of the estimated value of about £30,000. The amount acquired by compulsion is 314 acres, of the estimated value of about £13,000. With regard to prospective acquisitions in regard to which negotiations are now going on, and the price of which has still to be fixed, it is not possible for me to give the information asked for without prejudice to public interests.