§ Sir Trevor Skeetasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current position of former Land Settlement Association properties in Bedfordshire.
§ Mrs. FennerOver 80 per cent. of the smallholdings and houses on the two former Land Settlement Association estates in Bedfordshire at Chawston and Potton have been sold, the majority to sitting tenants. The freeholds of the remaining tenanted smallholdings and houses are being offered to third parties subject to the existing tenancies, except in those cases where the tenants have entered into separate agreements with my Ministry that retain their first option to buy subject to certain conditions. Vacant land not already sold will mostly be sold by the autumn. The former centralised service buildings at Chawston have all been sold.