§ Mr. LOUIS SMITHasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of allotment holders who have been dispossessed of or otherwise lost or given up their holdings during each of the past five years?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe decrease in the number of allotments during each of the past five years, as recorded in the annual returns of allotments, was as follows:
1925 … … … … 55,000 1926 … … … … 36,000 1927 … … … … 32,000 1928 … … … … 23,000 1929 … … … … 29,000 It may be added that the total number of allotments in England and Wales on 31st. December, 1929, was estimated to be 995,000.