§ 112. Mr. Pageasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how he intends to remedy the omission to make an order under Section 88 of the Agriculture Act, 1947, in January, 1950, vesting Crichel Down in the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, which omission has invalidated all subsequent acts of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in respect of that property.
Mr. WardIn January, 1950, the Air Council agreed that the Crichel Down property should be transferred to the Minister of Agriculture and that he should be responsible for it from that date. The fact that an Order was not made in January, 1950, under Section 88 of the Agriculture Act, 1947, has not invalidated subsequent acts of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in respect of this property, because the Minister was in control of the land and was in a position to call for a transfer at any time.