HC Deb 19 November 1956 vol 560 cc56-7W
82. Mr. Kimball

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the increased importance of home food production, he would consider a higher priority for the four schemes of land drainage which are pending in Lincolnshire.

Mr. Nugent

Schemes for land drainage improvement can be approved in present circumstances only where public health and safety are involved. If the four schemes to which my hon. Friend refers fall into either of these categories we shall be ready to give them further consideration.