Mr. McKieasked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what is the policy of the Forestry Commissioners with regard to surplus trees from the areas being planted by the Commission; and whether it is part of the Commissioners' policy to refuse to proprietors adjacent to such areas surplus trees for planting on their lands?
§ Sir G. CourthopeBy long-standing agreement the Forestry Commissioners' surplus plants are offered to the nursery trade, who in the ordinary course of business provide the requirements of private planters. This agreement precludes the Commission from offering surplus plants to individual owners even of land adjacent to Commission areas.