§ Mr. G. EDWARDSasked the Secretary of State for Air if he has yet decided to hold the land permanently at Pulham air station; and, if so will he consider the advisability of bringing this land into a proper state of cultivation by letting it to ex-service men for small holdings who are anxious to have the land to provide food for themselves and families?
Captain GUESTIn answer to the first question, the future policy in regard to airships is still under consideration by the Government, and, until a decision is reached, I am not in a position to say whether Pulham will be permanently retained. In regard to the second question, it is considered inadvisable, for the reasons which were stated in my reply to my hon. Friend on the 2nd May last, and which still apply, to split up the land into small lots for cultivation.