§ Sir KINGSLEY WOODasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that notices to quit have been given to a number of allotment holders cultivating land at Balzac Street, Clapham; and whether he will state the purpose for which this land is required?
Sir A. BOSCAWENBefore the Wands-worth Borough Council gave notice to quit to the cultivators of the land to which my hon. Friend calls attention, the Board1060W made full inquiries into the case. The land was sold last spring, the purchasers requiring it for building purposes in connection with their business and desiring to start building in the early summer. The Board were able to arrange that the purchasers would be satisfied with possession on 1st October next. Without such early possession the sale would probably have fallen through, and the Board might have been liable for heavy compensation.