Captain FABERasked the hon. Member for South Somerset whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. Rose, of Marnhull, in Dorset, who owns two farms amounting to 188 acres, one of which farms he looks after himself and the other is farmed by two of his six sons; whether the county council have sealed an order for the compulsory purchase of the latter farm, 94 acres in extent, although it consists of two holdings of each less than 50 acres; and whether he will cause inquiry to he made into this case?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe Board have received objections to the Compulsory Order which the County Council of Dorset have made in this case. A local inquiry will therefore be necessary, and arrangements for holding it will at once be made.
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