§ Mr. J. Morrisonasked the Minister of Agriculture what total acreage is now in the hands of agricultural executive committees in England; what acreage of linseed has so far been grown by them; and at what estimated yield per acre.
§ Mr. G. BrownAt 30th September, 1948, county agricultural executive committees in England were in possession of 296,648 acres of land requisitioned under Defence Regulation 51, and were also responsible for arrangements for cultivating 115,957 acres held and formerly occupied76W by the Service Departments. Of these totals the committees were themselves farming, respectively, 137,871 acres and 59,185 acres, the remaining areas being let under contracts for occupation. The information asked for in the second and third parts of the Question is not readily available. It would be necessary to ask each committee to extract details from their records and calculate the estimated yield and I do not feel justified in asking them to undertake this work at this time.