§ 26. Mr. MARRIOTTasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the profits made by the tenants of small house and cottage property by sub-letting portions of their houses; and whether, in view of this method of profiteering, he is prepared either to propose an Amendment to the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest Acts to enable the landlords of such properties proportionately to increase their rents or to limit the right of the tenants to profiteer by under-letting at increased rentals?
Mr. WALSHMy right hon. Friend's attention has been drawn to a few cases 1568 of the kind referred to, but he cannot undertake to promise further legislation on this subject at the present time.