HC Deb 19 March 1953 vol 513 cc30-1W
88. Sir W. Smithers

asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres in the possession of his Department and farmed by the agricultural executive committees on the 25th March, 1952.

Sir T. Dugdale

On 25th March, 1952, the area was 20,778 acres. Since that date the figure has fallen to approximately 7,500 acres.