Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 February 1947.
Mr Sidney Dye
, Norfolk South Western
12:00,
3 February 1947
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has been able to secure the better agricultural use of the land previously used for bomb-aiming by the R.A.F. at Saham Grove, Norfolk.
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
This range is scheduled by the Air Ministry as a permanent requirement and is shortly to be considered by the Inter-departmental Committee on Services' Land Requirements. Meanwhile, however, it has been made available for agricultural use, and arrangements have been made for the land to be drained and cultivated, bombing having rendered it unfit for grazing.
Mr Sidney Dye
, Norfolk South Western
Is my right hon. Friend aware that this is high-class land, and that it ought to be released for agricultural purposes straight away?
Mr Thomas Williams
, Don Valley
I would not object to that happening myself, but, unfortunately. the Royal Air Force think otherwise.
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