HC Deb 03 July 1919 vol 117 c1260

Considered in Committee ['Progress].

[Sir EDWIN CORNWALL in the Chair.]

Motion made, and Question proposed, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the enactments relating to the Housing of the Working Classes and the Acquisition of Small Dwellings in Iceland, it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of expenses incurred by any Government Department—

  1. (a) when acting in the place of local authorities in preparing and carrying out schemes under such Act;
  2. (b) in recouping losses incurred by local authorities; and
  3. (c) in contributing to costs incurred by public utility societies and housing trusts and other persons."—[Mr. Samuels]

Amendment proposed: At the end, to add the words "but such amount shall not exceed the sum of ten million pounds."—[Sir Frederick Banbury.]

Question, "That those words be there added," put, and negatived.

Resolution to be reported upon Monday next.