§ 112. Mr. Skeffington-Lodgeasked the Minister without Portfolio whether he will indicate, separately, the acreage of Dartmoor at present held, and that under consideration for future use by each of the three Services.
§ Mr. AlexanderThe Admiralty have 16,850 acres of Dartmoor under requisition. The War Office hold 22,145 acres on a prewar lease and 18,850 acres which were requisitioned during the war. The Air Ministry hold no land on Dartmoor. It would not at present be appropriate to give details of the areas now being considered by the Inter-Departmental Committee on Service Land Requirements. I would in this connection refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 28th November by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Denbigh (Sir H. Morris-Jones), of which I am sending him a copy.