§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of complaints that public footpaths are being, and have been, ploughed up without proper authority; whether he will take action to ensure that farmers comply with the necessity of first securing written authority for such ploughing from the county war agricultural committees; and whether he will direct county councils to preserve a true record of all public footpaths within their area that have had to be ploughed up during the war?
Mr. HudsonI have recently taken steps to impress on all concerned that footpaths which farmers have not the right to plough in the normal course must not be ploughed without the specific written authority of the county war agricultural executive committees, which is communicated to local authorities concerned.