§ 121. Mr. Henderson Stewartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he has taken to prevent the destruction of growing wheat now being carried out or threatened in Fife by exploiters of opencast coal.
§ Mr. WestwoodThe Department of Agriculture for Scotland were consulted before this farm was requisitioned in November last, and the farmer was compensated for his winter wheat which was sown in the interval before requisitioning actually took place. Postponement of the working of the coal will enable the Whole crop to be harvested with the exception of little more than one-half acre affected by certain preparatory operations which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Fuel and Power feels must now proceed.