Airfield, Bolt Head (Agricultural Land)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 10 Rhagfyr 1947.

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Photo of Brigadier Ralph Rayner Brigadier Ralph Rayner , Totnes 12:00, 10 Rhagfyr 1947

Is the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware that the case of this rich agricultural land, 300 acres in extent, has been like a shuttlecock flying between his Ministry, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture for the last 18 months; that buildings are still on the aerodrome; that the ditches are still open; and, particularly, that some wire mesh tracking, which was premised to local owner-occupiers to replace their fences, has been disposed of elsewhere; and does he realise that if this sort of thing goes on everywhere the country will starve?