HC Deb 17 December 1953 vol 522 cc97-8W
99. Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farmers in North Staffordshire have been dispossessed each year since 1947.

Sir T. Dugdale

Since the Agriculture Act, 1947, came into force on 1st March, 1948, 12 dispossession orders for bad husbandry relating to farms in Staffordshire have been made. One Order was made in 1951, five in 1952 and six in 1953. Separate figures for North and South Staffordshire are not available.