§ Lords Amendment: In page 11, leave out lines 29 and 30.
§ Mr. GREENWOODI beg to move "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
I have a word to say on this Amendment. As the Bill stands all statutory undertakings, including those making profits, had the benefit of assessment of compensation. As a matter of fact in Private Bill legislation this right has never been given to profit-making companies, and it has been pointed out that while this Bill is primarily a machinery Bill designed to maintain the status quo and not to make substantial alterations in the law, as the Bill stands it would confer an additional advantage on statutory undertakings. An Amendment has 864 been made in another place to make it quite clear that this special advantage given to local authorities in the Bill does not apply to profit-making statutory undertakings.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendments to page 12, line 3, agreed to.
§ Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 3, leave out "thirty-two and insert "thirty-three."
§ Mr. SPEAKERI must point out that this Amendment raises a question of Privilege, as it enables the Minister to relieve local authorities from paying rates and land tax during a longer interval.
§ Mr. GREENWOODI beg to move "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."
§ Mr. SPEAKERI will cause a special entry to be made in the Journals of the House.
§ Remaining Lords Amendments agreed to.