§ 53. Major Mott-Radclyffeasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that a former R.A.F. landing ground in Winkfield, Berkshire, is still held under requisition by the Air Ministry; that portions of it are used as a recreation ground by the adjacent German prisoner of war camp; and whether he is taking steps to arrange that this area is brought back into cultivation and the hay crop harvested.
§ Mr. T. WilliamsIn reply to the first part of the Question, I would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Air on 17th July. As to the second and third parts, I understand that the area used by German prisoners of war for recreation is about two acres, and that as the grass has been mown there is no hay to harvest. I am considering what action to take as regards the cultivation of these two areas now that the whole of the landing ground has been placed at the disposal of my Department for unrestricted agricultural use pending derequisition.