HC Deb 15 July 1943 vol 391 cc411-2

Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 27, after the first "of," insert "section six of this Act and of."

Mr. H. Strauss

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This Amendment is to remedy a defect in the Bill as originally drafted. Its object is to enable the Minister to take charge of an application for extension of time where temporary permission has been granted in the same way as under Clause 6 he can take charge of an original application. I think I can tell the House that the effect of the Bill with this Amendment is exactly what Members always supposed that it was, and for that reason, unless an explanation is desired of this rather technical matter, I hope the House will agree to the Amendment.

Question put, and agreed to.

Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 31, leave out from "Act" to the end of line 34 and insert: where permission for the erection, construction or carrying out of any building or work, or for any use of any building or land, has been granted subject to any condition or agreement for securing the subsequent removal of the building or work, or the subsequent discontinuance of the use, the permission shall be deemed to have been granted far a limited period only".

The Minister of Town and Country Planning (Mr. W. S. Morrison)

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This Amendment concerns a matter which was raised during the Committee stage of the Bill by my hon. Friend the Member for Faversham (Sir A. Maitland), who moved an Amendment to secure this purpose. His Amendment, I understand, was regarded as being of some importance by the Association of Municipal Corporations, I promised to consider it, and this Amendment is the result. It clarifies matters which were a little difficult and, perhaps, ambiguous in the earlier drafting and, I think, meets the purpose on which the Committee were agreed.

Question put, and agreed to.