§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Agriculture when the report of the committee that was set 1122W tion, but the hon. Member will find such detailed information as is available on pages 564–5 of the latest issue of the Annual Volume of Assurance Companies Returns prepared by the Board of Trade and presented to Parliament.
§ Mr. WALLHEADasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total income of the various industrial life assurance companies and societies; what is the total amount of their invested funds; and what is the amount invested in Government and in local government funds, and in railways and transport, including shipping?
§ Mr. P. SNOWDENThe total industrial assurance income of industrial life assurance companies and collecting societies during the year ended 31st December, 1929, was £65,149,319.* The invested funds of collecting societies amounted to 47,268,681 † at the end of the year. Industrial assurance companies are required to keep a separate account of their industrial assurance fund, but are not required to separate the investments representing the fund. Only five industrial assurance companies separate their investments, and in these cases the investments representing the industrial assurance funds amounted to £153,087,930. No figures are available for investments in transport undertakings other than "railways," but the investments of collecting societies and the five companies classified under the other headings set out in the question were as follow:
up to inquire into the question of a national park is expected; if he is aware that large areas of land suitable for preservation for the use of the general public are being encroached upon; and whether 1123W he is in a position to announce the Government's intentions on this matter?
§ Dr. ADDISONI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply I gave to a similar question from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean (Mr. Vaughan) on Thursday last, of which I am sending him a copy. I cannot make any announcement on this subject until the Committee's report is available and has been considered.
STATEMENT of numbers of new smallholdings and cottage holdings provided under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1926. — 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930.* Total. England. Bedfordshire … — — 1 — — Bershire … 1 — — — 1 Bucks … 1 4 1 1 7 Cambs … 3 1 1 — 5 Cheshire … 10 7 5 42 64 Cornwall … — — 7 — 7 Cumberland … — — — — — Derby … — 2 — — 2 Devon … — 6 3 12 21 Dorset … — — 5 — 5 Durham … — — — — — Essex … 1 3 3 3 10 Gloucester … — 11 — 1 12 Hants … — — 4 — 4 Hereford … 9 — 3 — 12 Hertford … — — 1 — 1 Hunts … — 5 — — 5 Isle of Ely … — 4 — — 4 Isle of Wight … — 7 — — 7 Kent … — 9 2 — 11 Lancashire … — 35 — 4 39 Leicester … — 1 — 3 4 Lincs (Holland) … — — 1 — 1 Lincs Kesteven … — 3 5 — 8 Lines (Lindsey) … — — — — — Middlesex … — — — 12 12 Norfolk … 3 19 12 35 69 Northampton … — — — — — Northumberland … — — — 3 3 Notts … — — — — — Oxford … — — — — — Rutland … — — — — — Salop … 6 7 7 15 35 Soke of Pertborough … — — — — — Somerset … 2 — — 8 10 Staffs … 8 8 1 9 27 Suffolk East … — — 2 — 2 Suffolk West … — 3 — 9 12 Surrey … — — 1 3 4 Sussex East … — — — — — Sussex West … — — — — — Warwick … — — 10 6 16 Westmorland … — — — — — Wilts … 2 1 1 6 10 Worcester … 51 7 29 17 104 Yorks, East Riding … 4 — 13 4 21 Yorks, North Riding … — — — — — Yorks, West Riding … 10 — 8 17 35 TOTAL ENGLAND … 111 144 126 210 591