§ Colonel WESTONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the Board will be prepared to delegate their powers under No. 2 L of the Defence of the Realm Regulations to local authorities in rural areas, or to enter themselves upon unoccupied lands in such areas and let them to persons who are prepared to cultivate them'?
§ Sir R. WINFREYThe War Agricultural Committees in England and Wales will be given full powers to enter upon and cultivate land unoccupied or insufficiently cultivated. The Order conferring these powers is now before the Law Officers.