§ Viscount WOLMERasked the Under-Secretary to the Air Ministry whether he 1277W is aware that during 1917 the Government compulsorily acquired a farm of Mr. W. Watts, Ivy Cottage, Hawley Road, Black-water, Hants, for the purpose of building cottages for the employés of Farnborough Aircraft Factory; that when they took it over the farm had been heavily manured and cultivated at Mr. Watts' expense, and by the action of the Government he was deprived of all his crops and had to dispense with ten of his best cows at a sacrifice, and that Mr. Watts has been thereby ruined; that an expert valuer engaged by Mr. Watts has assessed his losses at £700, and that after keeping him waiting nearly three years the Government have offered him only £340; and whether he will cause inquiry to be made with a view to redress being given?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYI am at present unable to answer this question owing to the short time available for the investigation of this matter, but I will communicate with my Noble and gallant Friend as early as possible.