§ 84. Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture on how many occasions during the last 10 years have owners and proprietors of farms and small holdings been dispossessed on grounds of inefficiency.
§ Sir T. DugdaleI regret that the number of dispossessions on grounds of inefficiency is not known for the period before 1948. Since 1st March, 1948, when Part II of the Agriculture Act, 1947, came into operation, 168 farmers have been dispossessed for bad husbandry, and 10 certificates have been issued under Section 16 for the dispossession of owners on grounds of bad estate management.