HC Deb 25 February 1941 vol 369 cc434-5
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Captain Waterhouse)

I beg to move, in page 41, line 10, after "and," to insert "the cases in which and."

This Amendment is largely a drafting Amendment. The Sub-section in question is designed to lay down the conditions which may be stipulated by the Board of Trade in any of these policies. It was thought that the words in the Subsection might not be quite so wide as we would like, and the words now proposed make it clear that the Board of Trade has very wide powers indeed, in stipulating any proper conditions in the policies.

Amendment agreed to.

Sir Stanley Reed (Aylesbury)

I beg to move in page 41, line 34, to leave out "five" and to insert "two."

Captain Waterhouse

I hope my hon. Friend will not press this Amendment. It is a small point, but it would lead to a great deal of extra trouble. There would be a lot of damage between £5 and £2 which would be brought in if this Amendment were accepted. The Chancellor of the Exchequer allowed aggregation in the case of real property, but that is different from damage to chattels. We do not want to be flooded by a great number of claims and I hope the Amendment will not be pressed.

Sir S. Reed

I do not want to press the Amendment to the embarrassment of my hon. and gallant Friend, but there is a strong feeling that this Clause as it stands will cause a considerable amount of injustice. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the Amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.