L.C.C. PROPOSAL FOR HOUSING SITE AT S. AVELEY, ESSEX. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

problems in the future will be to secure adequate supplies satisfy reasonable nutritional requirements. Supplies mus consumers in fresh condition and this can be ensured only if are grown very near to the main consuming centres. This ### of the present proposal may not have been emphasised suffi### The loss of market gardening land near London had already b very considerable before the war. The recent decision on London airfield involves the loss of an area of some 3,000 or over 20% of the remaining market garden land in Middlese### is essential therefore that any further loss should be avoi at all possible.