HC Deb 15 March 1945 vol 409 cc405-6W
Squadron-Leader Danner

asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give permission to owner-occupiers to close down their farmers if they are A farmers who have faithfully carried out all directions of the war agricultural executive committees and where chartered accountants show that they have been making losses at current prices and costs.

Mr. Hudson

My consent is not necessary in the case of an owner-occupier who decides to give up farming, but of course in such a case it is the responsibility of the county war agricultural executive committee to see that proper arrangements are made for continued cultivation of the land in accordance with war-time requirements.

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