27. Lieut.-Colonel MURRAYasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that, under the First Schedule of the Agriculture Bill of 1920, as it left this House after the Third Reading, the tenants' rights under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, were extended so as to entitle him to compensation for improvements whether the improvement was or was not required by the terms of his tenancy; whether his attention had been drawn to the fact that an Amendment was inserted in another place limiting the foregoing provisions to tenancies entered upon after 1st January, 1921; and whether the Government propose to introduce an amending Bill at an early date?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir ROBERT SANDERS (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to take this question, and, in reply, would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer I gave on the 17th February to the Member for West Derbyshire as to the action proposed to be taken to remove any doubt as to the effect of this part of the Agriculture Act.