Mr. NEWDEGATEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that 1058W the Warwickshire County Council recently applied, under the Small Holdings Act, for compulsory powers to purchase Thorn-hill Farm, White Stone, Nuneaton, a farm of 118 acres, and also Sowe Fields, near Coventry, 12 acres; that the cost of valuing the 118 acres by a valuer appointed by the Board of Agriculture came to £60 11.s., and that the cost of valuing the 12 acres was £19 10s. 10d.; and whether the cost of valuing the land of this country under the Budget proposals will be proportionately equal?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEI have no information on the subject referred to in the first part of the question. As regards the second part, I may refer the hon. Member to the statements made to the Committee by the Prime Minister on the 11th and 17th ultimo.