HC Deb 03 July 1953 vol 517 cc818-9

Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's recommendation signified.]

[Mr. HOPKIN MORRIS in the Chair]

Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the preservation and acquisition of buildings of outstanding historic or architectural interest and their contents and related property, and to amend the law relating to ancient monuments and other objects of archaeological interest, it is expedient to authorise—

  1. (a) the making by the Minister of Works out of moneys provided by Parliament—
    1. (i) of grants in respect of the repair or maintenance of buildings appearing to the said Minister to be of outstanding historic or architectural interest, in respect of the upkeep of land associated with such buildings, and in respect of the repair or maintenance of objects so associated;
    2. (ii) of grants to local authorities in respect of the acquisition of property under section forty-one of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, or section thirty-eight of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947;
    3. (iii) of grants to the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty or to the National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty in respect of the acquisition of such buildings as aforesaid;
  2. (b) the payment out of moneys so provided of expenses incurred by the said Minister in the acquisition of any such buildings or land as aforesaid, or in the acquisition of objects associated with buildings in which the said Minister or either of the said Trusts has an interest or for which the said Minister is otherwise responsible, and of expenses incurred by the said Minister in dealing with any such buildings, land or objects acquired by him;
  3. (c) the payment out of moneys so provided of remuneration or allowances, or of both remuneration and allowances, to the chairman or chairmen of any Council or Councils established under the said Act of the present Session, and of allowances to other members of any such Council or Councils;
  4. (d) the payment out of moneys so provided—
    1. (i) of any expenses incurred by the said Minister in the payment of compensation under any provisions of the said Act of the present Session relating to ancient monuments;
    2. (ii) of any increase attributable to those provisions in the expenses incurred by the said Minister under the Ancient Monuments Acts, 1913 and 1931;
    3. (iii) of any administrative expenses incurred by the said Minister under the said Act of the present Session; and
  5. (e) the payment into the Exchequer—
    1. (i) of any sums paid to the said Minister out of the National Land Fund in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of the present Session, in so far as any sums so paid are not applied as appropriations in aid of moneys provided by Parliament; and
    2. (ii) of any other receipts of the said Minister under the said Act.—[Sir D. Eccles.]

Resolution to be reported upon Monday next.