§ Mr. BRUNNERasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, before the Second Reading of the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Bill, he will lay upon the Table of the House a list of commons and counties in which they are situate to which the Bill will apply, temporary possession of such commons, or parts of them, having been taken by the War Office or other Departments of the Government for the purposes of the War, and stating briefly the extent of the common land so taken, the purposes for which it has been taken, and the value of the buildings erected upon such lands?
§ Mr. TENNANTI cannot, I fear, undertake to have this Return compiled. I think my hon. Friend may be under the impression that the Bill gives power to purchase commons compulsorily, but that is not so.