§ 4. Mr. Wallasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will make a statement on the progress of the current farm resettlement scheme in Kenya; and whether the 400,000 acres will be taken up within the four-year period of the scheme.
§ Mr. WhitakerAccording to our latest information, 224,000 acres have so far been purchased. Letters of intent for purchase under the third phase of the programme of the Agricultural Development Corporation have recently been issued, totalling about 50,000 acres. Together with anticipated further transfers through the Land Bank, it is expected that the total acreage transferred under the current schemes by March 1970 will amount to 320,000 acres.
As the hon. Member will recall, the scheme involved the purchase of up to 100,000 acres per annum.