Agricultural Tenancies, Denbighshire (Marchwiel Estate)

HC Deb 18 June 1958 vol 589 cc93-4W

Mr. Idwal Jones

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many of the 20 agricultural tenancies created on the Marchwiel Estate, Denbighshire, have now been taken up by tenants; whether Cae Bryner, the new farmstead completed in 1954, is among those which have become tenanted; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John Hare

In view of the decision to sell the Estate, the reorganisation proposals of the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission have not been carried through. Of the total of 1,574 acres, 117 acres have so far been sold, 987 acres are let on annual tenancies and 470 acres, including 141 acres previously intended for the Cae Bryner tenancy, on short-term lettings.