§ Sir R. COOPERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if arrangements are being made under which farmers who have suffered loss through compliance with the Orders to plough grass land will be able to claim compensation; if so, to whom the claim should be sent; and whether farmers claiming will be expected to come to London to support their claims before a central body dealing with the whole Kingdom or whether the claim will be considered by some competent authority in the district in which the loss was sustained?
§ Mr. PROTHEROClaims for compensation of the kind referred to can be made to the Defence of the Realm (Losses) Commission, and forms for the purpose can be obtained from the agricultural executive committees. The Commission has hitherto sat in London to hear such claims: the regulation of their procedure is a matter for the decision of the Commission themselves, and the Board have no jurisdiction in the matter.