HC Deb 23 August 1909 vol 9 cc1893-5

(1) The Land Commission in determining under Sub-section (2) of Section one or under Section five of the Act of 1903 whether the agreed price of a holding is equitable shall have regard to the re-

spective interests of the landlord and tenant in the holding and in the improvements thereon, and the price shall not be deemed to be equitable if it appears to the Land Commission that any substantial part thereof represents the value of improvements made by the tenant or his predecessors in title for which he or they have not been paid or compensated by the landlord or his predecessors in title.

(2) Any question which may arise under this section as to—

  1. (a) whether an improvement was or was not made by the tenant or his predecessors in title; or
  2. (b) whether the tenant or his predecessors in title have or have not been paid or compensated for any improvement;
may (subject and without prejudice to any previous determination under the Land Law Acts) be determined by the Land Commission, who may, in their discretion, refer the question to a Legal Assistant Commissioner, and the determination of the Land Commission or such Commissioner, as the case may be, shall be final.

Question put, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."

The Committee divided: Ayes, 179; Noes, 31.

Division No. 499.] AYES. [10.55 p.m.
Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) Delany, William Hogan, Michael
Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) Devlin, Joseph Holt, Richard Durning
Ambrose, Robert Dillon, John Hope, W. H. B. (Somerset, N.)
Armitage, R. Donelan, Captain A. Horniman, Emslie John
Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) Duncan, C. (Barrow-In-Furness) Hudson, Walter
Balfour, Robert (Lanark) Duncan, J. Hastings (York, Otley) Hyde, Clarendon G.
Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) Jackson, R. S.
Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) Esmond, Sir Thomas Jones, William (Carnarvonshire)
Barnes, G. N. Evans, Sir S. T. Joyce, Michael
Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) Everett, R. Lacey Kavanagh, Walter M.
Berridge, T. H. D. Ffrench, Peter Keating, M.
Bethell, T. R (Essex, Maldon) Field, William Kekewich, Sir George
Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine Flavin, Michael Joseph Kilbride, Denis
Black, Arthur W. Gill, A. H. Lamont, Norman
Boland, John Ginnell, L. Lardner, James Carrige Rushe
Bowerman, C. W. Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.)
Brodie, H. C. Glendinning, R. G. Lehmann, R. C.
Brunner, J. F. L. (Lancs., Leigh) Glover, Thomas Lewis, John Herbert
Bryce, J. Annan Goddard, Sir Daniel Ford Lundon, T.
Buckmaster, Stanley O. Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) Luttrell, Hugh Fownes
Burke, E. Haviland- Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Lyell, Charles Henry
Burns, Rt. Hon. John Gulland, John W. Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester)
Byles, William Pollard Gwynn, Stephen Luclus Mackarness, Frederic C.
Causton, Rt. Hon. Richard Knight Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) MacNeill, John Gordon Swift
Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-sh.) MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.)
Clancy, John Joseph Harrington, Timothy MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.)
Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) Harvey, A. G. C. (Rochdale) M'Callum, John M.
Cooper, G. J. Hayden, John Patrick M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester)
Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E.Grinstead) Hazel, Dr. A. E. W. M'Micking, Major G.
Craig, Herbert J. (Tynemouth) Hazleton, Richard Mallet, Charles E.
Crooks, William Healy, Timothy Michael Manfield, Harry (Northants)
Crosfield, A. H. Henderson, Arthur (Durham) Marks, G. Croydon (Launceston)
Crossley, William J. Henry, Charles S. Marnham, F. J.
Cullinan, J. Herbert, Col. Sir Ivor (Mon. S.) Mason, A. E. W. (Coventry)
Davies, Timothy (Fulham) Hodge, John Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.)
Molteno, Percy Alport Partington, Oswald Shipman, Dr. John G.
Mooney, J. J. Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.)
Morrell, Philip Philips, John (Longford, S.) Steadman, W. C.
Muldoon, John Pickersgill, Edward Hare Stewart, Halley (Greenock)
Murnaghan, George Pollard, Dr. G. H. Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal)
Murphy, John (Kerry, East) Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. Strauss, E. A. (Abingdon)
Nannetti, Joseph P. Power, Patrick Joseph Taylor, John W. (Durham)
Napier, T. B. Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire)
Nicholls, George Radford, G. H. Thomasson, Franklin
Nolan, Joseph Reddy, M. Thorne, William (West Ham)
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard Redmond, John E. (Waterford) Tomkinson, James
O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) Richards, T. F. (Wolverhampton, W.) Trevelyan, Charles Philips
O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) Ure, Rt. Hon. Alexander
O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.) Robson, Sir William Snowdon Ward, W. Dudley (Southampton)
O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) Roche, Augustine (Cork) Wardle, George J.
O'Donnell, C. J. (Walworth) Roche, John (Galway, East) White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire)
O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) Rowlands, J. White, Patrick (Meath, North)
O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) Russell, Rt. Hon. T. W. Whitehead, Rowland
O'Dowd, John Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) Whitley, John Henry (Halifax)
O'Grady, J. Samuel, S. M. (Whitechapel) Wiles, Thomas
O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) Scanlan, Thomas Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton)
O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) Scarisbrick, Sir T. T. L. Young, Samuel
O'Malley, William Sears, J. E.
O'Shaughnessy, P. J. Seddon, J. TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Captain Norton and Mr. Fuller.
O'Shee, James John Shackleton, David James
Parker, James (Halifax) Sheehan, Daniel Daniel
NOES.
Ashley, W W. Gordon, J. Lonsdale, John Brownlee
Balcarres, Lord Gretton, John Lyttelton, Rt. Hon. Alfred
Banbury, Sir Frederick George Guinness, Hon. R. (Haggerston) MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh
Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) Haddock, George B. Moore, William
Butcher, Samuel Henry Hamilton, Marquess of Percy, Earl
Campbell, Rt. Hon. J. H. M. Harrison-Broadley, H. B. Powell, Sir Francis Sharp
Clive, Percy Archer Hill, Sir Clement Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George
Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) Kerry, Earl of
Dickson, Rt. Hon. C. Scott- Keswick, William
Fetherstonhaugh, Godfrey Lockwood, Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col, A. R. TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Viscount Valentia and Mr. H. W. Forster.
Fletcher, J S. Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham)
Gardner, Ernest Long, Rt. Hon. Walter (Dublin, S.)