§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Minister of Agriculture, since there is no appeal to a court of law against his decision under Section 84 of the Agriculture Act, 1947, in the case of Burwell and Swaffham prior fens, if he will state from what sources outside his Department he received evidence after accepting the Report of the Agricultural Land Commission; and what caused him to decide against accepting the findings of the Commission in the case of Gibblings Farm on the grounds that in his opinion the full and efficient use of the land for agriculture could be secured without his exercising his powers of acquisition under Section 4 of the Act.
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§ Sir T. DugdaleMy decision in this case was reached after considering not only the report of the Agricultural Land Commission, but also the evidence given at the public inquiry into objections to the Compulsory Purchase Order. I excluded Giblins Farm from the draft Compulsory Purchase Order before the public inquiry stage because, in all the circumstances, I was not satisfied that full and efficient use of the land would be prevented if the additional fixed equipment recommended by the Commission was not provided.