§ 97. Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will instruct his representatives throughout the country to take into account the essential requirements of farming when considering the location of agricultural cottages, and if he will discontinue insisting that they all be built in groups.
§ Mr. F. MarshallMy Department's Regional Officers are already aware of the need to take account of essential farming requirements in the siting of agricultural workers' cottages. As regards the second part of the Question, while it is the Government's policy to ensure, so far as practicable, that houses for farm workers shall be built in villages which provide, or are capable of providing, community facilities, it is recognised that there may be cases where it is necessary for workers to live close to the farm.