§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture what schemes have been submitted to the Board during the past two years by the special small holdings commissioner in Lancashire, with the total number of acres and applicants involved; how many of these schemes were approved by the Board and forwarded to the county council concerned, and how many of them have been carried out?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYFourteen Reports recommending the acquisition of 1,029 acres for 119 applicants. All these Reports, with the exception of one dealing with one applicant for six acres, have been sent to the county council. The county council have purchased ninety acres, and leased 195 acres. They also obtained a compulsory order for the hiring of 181 acres, but were unable to take the land owing to the high rent fixed by the valuers.