§ Mr. SWANasked the Prime Minister if he will supply the House with the number of Common Enclosure Acts passed since 1795 enclosing land in the county of Durham, and the number of acres in same?
Sir ARTHUR BOSCAWENThe number of Acts passed since 1795 for the enclosure of common or waste lands in the county of Durham is nineteen. The total area enclosed under fourteen of these Acts is 14,446 acres, but there is no available information as to the extent of the lands enclosed under the remaining five Acts.