HC Deb 01 July 1948 vol 452 cc2410-1

Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 17, leave out from beginning to "unless" and insert: Compensation shall not be recoverable—

  1. (a) under subsection (1) or subsection (4) of this section in any case where the lease was entered into after the thirty-first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, or
  2. (b) under and in accordance with any lease entered into after the commencement of this Part of this Act."

Mr. T. Fraser

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

This Amendment is designed to give effect to the intention of the Government to safeguard the present rights of landlords to claim compensation for deterioration under existing leases.

Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 30, at end, insert: and shall have effect subject to such modifications (if any) as may be so specified.

Mr. T. Fraser

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

This Amendment gives effect to a suggestion made by the right hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for Hillhead (Mr. J. S. C. Reid) during the proceedings on the Report stage in this House.