§ Mr. Topeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in the event of disposal of Crown lands as a result of the findings of the Defence Lands Committee, he will give equal consideration to the return of land to former tenants and their heirs and to former freeholders and their heirs.
§ Mr. ChannonNo. The Crichel Down code, as established in the Minister of Agriculture's statement in the House on 20th July 1954, is limited to the possible rights of former owners of agricultural land or their successors.