HC Deb 16 April 1953 vol 514 c504

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to local authorities, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any increase in the sums payable under any other enactment out of moneys so provided which may be attributable to provisions of the said Act of the present Session—

  1. (a) authorising local authorities to establish capital funds, renewals and repairs funds, and funds for the insurance of their own risks, and providing for payments to be made into such funds by the authorities by whom they are established;
  2. (b) enabling local authorities to provide and maintain shelters and other accommodation for persons intending to travel on public service vehicles, and otherwise relating to such accommodation provided by local authorities whether before or after the commencement of the said Act of the present Session;
  3. (c) providing for the payment of allowances under section eighteen of the Housing Act, 1936, to persons displaced from premises affected by closing orders made under the said Act of the present Session;
  4. (d) authorising local authorities themselves to bear certain expenses recoverable by those authorities under section forty-one of the Third Schedule to the Water Act, 1945, or any corresponding local enactment or order, or under section thirty-six of the Public Health Act, 1936; or
  5. (e) amending section one hundred and twelve of the Local Government Act, 1948.

Resolution agreed to.