§ 31. Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals have been received by his Department from a private syndicate to plant 2½ million acres in Great Britain with trees; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John HareNeither my Ministry nor the Forestry Commission has received any such proposal.
Mr. J. Wellsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the ratio of acreage of former agricultural land, however poor, which has been subject to grants for afforestation by private timber growers, to the acreage of former woodland that has been subject to planting grants to private timber growers since the introduction of the present grant structure.
§ Mr. John HareI regret that this information is not available.