§ Lord ROBERT CECILI desire to ask the President of the Local Government Board, whether the Government intend to take any steps to extend the Housing and Town Planning Bill to Crown lands, and, if not, why not?
§ Mr. BURNSIt would not be practicable at this stage of the Bill to insert a 1448 provision on the subject to which the Noble Lord refers, even if it were thought desirable to do so.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILMay I ask whether it would be in order for me to move an Amendment, supposing it is otherwise relevant to the Lords' Amendment, extending the Bill to Crown lands?
§ Mr. SPEAKERIt would be relevant if the Noble Lord could produce the assent of the Crown.
§ Lord ROBERT CECILMay I ask the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to get the assent of the Crown?
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir, I am not.
§ NEW MEMBER SWORN.—John Dumphreys, esquire, for the Borough of Southwark, Bermondsey Division, in room of Dr. George Cooper, deceased.