§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is prepared to publish a Return showing the number of new holders registered on lands acquired by negotiations initiated since the present Government came into power, and the acreage, cost, and annual rent of each holding formed on land thus acquired?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe preparation of a Return such as the hon. and gallant Member suggests would involve an expenditure of time out of all proportion to the value of the information, having regard in particular to the difficulty of allocating the expenses of any one scheme to the
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§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe figures are given on pages 163, 168 and 173 of the January, 1927, issue of the monthly Accounts relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom.