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3.1.1
The system must be fair and acceptable
to those whose land is being acquired
The Working Group recognised that the
definition of "fair" was the core of
the problem, which had given rise to
its own formation. The present exchange
terms in the existing Letter B might well
be considered fair in their intentions
but, because of the difficulties of
producing land to meet commitments, and
other shortcomings of the system produced
by the accelerated development programme
with its emphasis on public rather than
private development, the system now
appeared to be rather less than fair
and was becoming increasingly
:
unacceptable to those affected.
The
Working Group recognised that the general
public could be misled by high prices of
land sold in the new layouts into a
false impression of the "value" of
agricultural land, but nevertheless
there appeared to be something mistaken
in a system of compensation rates which
did not move with the market. The general
conclusion was that any alternative
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