§ Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give the names of any commons in respect of which application was made to his Department during 1939, or was outstanding on 31st December, 1938, under Section 194 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, to make an enclosure, specifying in each case whether a public inquiry has been held, the area of land sought to be enclosed, the purpose for which it was proposed to enclose the land, the area, if any, thrown into the common in lieu of the land enclosed, the result of the application, and the reason, in any case where consent has been given without an area being thrown into the common at least equal to the land enclosed, for not requiring that course to be followed?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithNo applications were made to my Department during 1939 under Section 194 of the Law of Property Act, 1925. The particulars which the hon. Member requires as to applications which were outstanding on 31st December, 1938, are as follow:
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§ Mr. Edeasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give by counties a list showing the acreage of common lands and manorial wastes in rural parishes outside the Metropolitan area over which the owner of the soil of the common or waste has by deed given the public rights of air and exercise since the passing of the Law of Property Act, 1925, distinguishing between the acreage dealt with before 1939 and during that year; and will he also give a list of those counties in which no action has been taken?
§ Sir R. Dorman-SmithThe particulars which the hon. Member requires are as follow
Name of County and Acreage of commons or manorial wastes in respect of which public rights have been conferred by deed under the Law of Property Act, 1925. — Before 1939. During 1939. Acres Acres. Berkshire 1,287 879¼ Buckingham 319¼ — Cambridge (Isle of Ely) 48 — Cornwall 8½ 185 Cumberland 7,245 — Derby 41½ — Devon 9,151 1,125¾ Essex 259 — Gloucester 1,018½ — Hampshire 2,336 — Hereford (and Worcester) 362 — Hertford 791 — Kent 388½ — Lancaster 2,110 — Lincoln — 25 Oxford 24 — Salop 356 — Somerset 98 — Suffolk 3¼ — Surrey 10,643 — Sussex 330 — Warwick 178 — Westmorland — 3,773 Yorks (N.R.) 6½ — Yorks (W.R.) 31 — Caernarvon 4,679 — Cardigan 26,791 — Carmarthen 10,668½ 91 Denbigh 7,953 — Flint 57 — Glamorgan 206 — Merioneth 13,875 — Monmouth 63 — Radnor 10,987 — Total 112,314½ 6,079 Grand Total 118,393½ No deeds have been deposited in respect of lands in the following counties:
68WBedford, Cheshire, Dorset, Durham, Huntingdon, Isles of Scilly, Isle of Wight, Leicester, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Rutland, Soke of Peterborough, Stafford, Wiltshire, Yorks (East Riding), Anglesey, Brecon, Montgomery, Pembroke.: