§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture when the hon. Member for Orpington may expect to receive a considered reply to the letter and enclosure sent to him on 26th June, 1953, with regard to dispossessed farmers.
§ Sir T. DugdaleI regret the delay in replying to my hon. Friend's letter of 26th June. I wanted to study this most carefully, together with the lengthy documents he enclosed. I have now written to my hon. Friend to assure him that the correspondence does not raise any new points of principle which were not covered in my letter to him on 9th June last year and subsequent communications.