§ 20. Sir E. CORNWALLasked the President of the Local Government Board how many prosecutions there have been under the Act prohibiting increases in ordinary rants during the War; and whether his reports up to the present show that the Act has answered its purpose?
§ Mr. LONGThe Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (War Restrictions) Act, 1915, does not authorise prosecutions, but any increase in the standard rent or standard rate of interest is made irrecoverable. I have no administrative authority under the Act, and no reports are required to be made to me respecting it, but I have no reason to suppose that speaking generally it is not serving its purpose.