Airfield, Holme Moor (Cultivation)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 April 1948.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Williams Mr Thomas Williams , Don Valley 12:00, 19 April 1948

Again I do not accept the assumption behind the hon. Gentleman's question. The farmer's livelihood has not been endangered by the R.A.F. taking over this area of land. Now that a portion of it is available temporarily, the county executive committee thought that they were the best body to ensure that the maximum use for food production would be made of it.