§ Mr. Peter Millsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will give an assurance that, when large-scale development of agricultural land takes place, adequate compensation is given to the tenants;
(2) what progress he has made in his discussions with the National Farmers' Union on the problem of compensation to tenant farmers who find themselves without a livelihood as a result of land development.
§ Mr. John MackieAs I told the hon. Member for Caithness and Sutherland (Mr. George Y. Mackie) on 9th February, we are considering possible methods of improving the compensation payable to tenant farmers who are dispossessed so that their land may be developed. The farming and landowning organisations have also been studying this difficult problem, and we are taking into account their ideas for possible solutions.