HC Deb 17 October 1944 vol 403 cc2230-1W
Mr. Mander

asked the right hon. Baronet the Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the area of land owned by the Forestry Commission in each of the years 1914, 1924, 1934, and on the latest date for which figures are available.

Sir G. Courthope

The Forestry Commission was not established until 1919. The area of land owned by the Department in each of the years mentioned was as follows:

1924 … … 279,500
1934 … … 891,600
1944 … … 1,266,800