§ Mr. BARNESasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware that it is proposed to take a portion of the small holding, Nutberry, Grays, Essex, at present in the occupation of an ex-officer who has lost his pre-War employment as a result of a disability, due to war service, for the Purfleet and Tilbury road where it passes through the parish of Stifford, in the county of Essex, and that it was originally proposed to acquire the most valuable part of this holding without adequate compensation; and whether, if any portion of the holding is to be taken, he will arrange for the whole to be purchased so that the owner may purchase another parcel of land of sufficient size to enable the man to earn his livelihood?
§ Colonel ASHLEYIt is not proposed to take any portion of the holding referred to in the question.