§ Major CARVERasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state, by counties, the number of small holdings now actually in existence?
§ Dr. ADDISONI assume that the hon. and gallant Member refers to small holdings provided under statutory powers. The numbers are as follow: 1833W
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County. Number of Holdings. Bedfordshire … … 1,792 Berkshire … … 158 Bucks. … … 418 Cambs. … … 1,979 Cheshire … … 333 Cornwall … … 427 Cumberland … … 62 Derby … … 145 Devon … … 809 Dorset … … 393 Durham … … 237 Essex … … 371 Gloucester … … 989 Hants. … … 541 Hereford … … 176 Hertford … … 300 Hunts … … 721 Isle of Ely … … 2,238 Isle of Wight … … 57 Kent … … 323 Lancashire … … 400 Leicester … … 240 Lines. (Holland) … … 1,376 Lines. (Kesteven) … … 632 Lines. (Lindsey) … … 407 London … … — Middlesex … … 86 Norfolk … … 2,173 Northampton … … 310 Northumberland … … 161 Notts. … … 305 Oxford … … 258 Rutland … … 32 Salop … … 282 Soke of Peterborough … … 250 Somerset … … 1,055 Staffs … … 302 Suffolk, East … … 184 Suffolk, West … … 311 Surrey … … 271 Sussex, East … … 155 Sussex, West … … 120 Warwick … … 273 Westmorland … … 26 Wilts. … … 621 Worcester … … 1,112 Yorks, East Riding … … 383 Yorks, North Riding … … 116 Yorks, West Riding … … 565 County Boroughs … … 768 Total, England … … 25,643
County. Number of Holdings. Anglesey 259 Brecon 57 Caernarvon 92 Cardigan 52 Carmarthen 180 Denbighshire 280 Flint 157 Glamorgan 218 Merioneth 133 Monmouth 192 Montgomery 264 Pembroke 195 Radnor 89 County Boroughs 34 Total, Wales 2,202 Total, England and Wales 27,845
§ Major CARVERasked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of the arrears of rent in the different counties of England and Wales, individually, in connection with small holdings?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe information asked for by the hon. and gallant Member is not in my possession, and I could not undertake to obtain it specially in view of the labour involved.