§ Agricultural Land Sales (Restriction of Notice to Quit) Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the Bill be now read the third time."— [Sir A. Boscawen.]
§ Major GLYNModifications will have to be inserted into this Bill before it is suitable for the conditions of Scotland. I think it is most important that Scotland should have full advantage of it, and I shall be glad if the right hon. Gentleman wil state what modifications are proposed to be put in.
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE (Sir Arthur Boscawen)I am not in a position to say precisely what modifications may be necessary in the application of this Bill to Scotland. The House is aware that the position is rather different in Scotland in this respect, that whereas the great majority of the tenancies in England and Wales are yearly tenancies, in the case of Scotland the great majority are leases. We do not propose, as was once suggested, to leave Scotland out of the Bill, but the Scottish Office inform me that it may be necessary in another place to put in certain modifications in order to deal with the difficulties that may arise on the termination of long leases in Scotland. I cannot say more at present, except to promise my hon. Friend that the matter 2496 shall be fully considered, and that we have no intention of depriving Scotland in general of the benefits of the Bill.
§ Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed.