§ 19. Mr. REMERasked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the increase in the letting values of premises built on Crown lands in Regent Street, London, between 1820 and 1919, after the old Crown ground rents were fixed, he will say if the Crown representatives received between 1820 and 1919 any increased sums upon the Regent Street ground rents fixed under the old Crown leases, or whether the benefit arising from increased letting values of those premises was retained by the lessees and their heirs without surrender to the Crown of part of the benefit?
§ The MINISTER of AGRICULTURE (Mr. Elliot)During the currency of the original leases of the premises built on Crown lands in Regent Street, only the ground rents fixed at the grant of the leases were received by the Crown, and the whole benefit of the increased letting value of the premises accrued to the original lessees, their successors, or other parties interested in the leases.