§ Mr. ERNEST JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, whether tenants of small holdings, on being given notice to quit by a private owner in case of sale and by a county council, were entitled to compensation on a similar basis supposing the holding in each case to be the same; and, if not, would he enumerate the difference or differences?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir E. Strachey)A tenant who receives notice to quit from a council which has acquired the land for small holdings is entitled to the special compensation for disturbance provided under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1910. No similar provision is made in cases in which notice to quit is given by a private owner with a view to sale.
§ Mr. ERNEST JARDINEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he would enumerate the matters in respect of which a tenant farmer was entitled to compensation, and by whom such compensation was payable, when any of his land was obtained compulsorily, and voluntarily for small holdings by a county council; and if he would enumerate the matters in respect of which a tenant farmer was entitlel to compensation when his farm was sold by his landlord to a third party?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYIt would be difficult within the limit of an answer to a question to enumerate the matters in respect of which a tenant farmer is entitled to compensation on the determination of his tenancy. Speaking generally, they are the same in all the cases mentioned, except that where a tenancy is determined with a view to the use of the land by a county council for the provision of small holdings the tenant is entitled to the special compensation provided by the Small Holdings Act of 1910.