§ Sir K. WOODasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture what is the number of allotments and the total acreage of land provided under the Cultivation of Lands Orders of the Defence of the Realm Act: what proportion of land has since been surrendered; what is the approximate number of holders who have been required to vacate such allotments; and what steps have been taken by the Ministry with a view to stimulating local authorities to provide dispossessed holders with alternative land?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENI regret I am not in a position at present to supply my hon. Friend with the statistics he requires. I would refer him, however, to the replies which I gave to similar questions on the 10th April last year and the 19th ult., copies of which I am forwarding to him With regard to the last part of the question, the Ministry are losing no opportunity of pressing on local authorities individually and collectively the desirability of providing dispossessed allotment holders with alternative land wherever such land exists.