§ 94. Sir A. Hurdasked the Secretary of State for War the acreage of land held by his Department in 1949 and now; and how much land he expects to be able to release for agricultural use in the next two years.
§ Mr. SoamesIn 1949 the War Department owned, leased or held on requisition, or had training rights over, about 948,000 acres of land. The figure today is about 562,000.
I hope to be able to release the greater part of 90,000 acres in the next two years, towards completing the programme announced by my predecessor and myself. Most of this land is agricultural and much of it is already let for some kind of agriculture while its military use continues.