§ Viscount Hinchingbrookeasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in the interest of agricultural production, he will give a high priority to the clearance of ammunition from agricultural land at Corfe Castle, Studland and Arne; and when he expects that this area will be cleared of ammunition and fully derequisitioned.
§ Mr. AlexanderYes, Sir. The highest priority is being given to the clearance of this area. I hope the main roads will be cleared by the end of February and the better class land early in March, but I cannot promise that the entire area will be completely cleared before the late Autumn.
§ Lieut.-Colonel Bolesasked the Minister of Supply and of Aircraft Production, in view of the urgent necessity for farm produce and the fact that unless the land can be cultivated in the near future it will be sterilised for another year, if he will take immediate steps to dispose of the ammunition dumped on 212 acres of good farm land at Sigwills, Charlton Horethorne, Somerset, so as to make the land available for the keep of 60 additional cows.
§ Mr. WilmotThese explosives belong to the Air Ministry who will move most of them to permanent depots as soon as there is space available in them. The remainder is, I understand, to be destroyed.