§ 60. Earl Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that in the southern counties of Britain there are thousands of acres of common land, remote from centres of population and little used for recreational purposes, which could be utilised for pasturage by neighbouring farmers if bull-dozed and re-sown; and if he will introduce legislation enabling him to effect this.
Mr. T. WilliamsA good deal of common land, both in the southern counties and elsewhere, is no doubt capable of improvement to provide better pasturage. The matter is one to which I am giving attention, but it presents considerable difficulties.