HC Deb 22 November 1954 vol 533 cc995-6

Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 50, line 29, leave out from "if" to end of line.

In line 34, leave out from "If" to third "the."

In line 36, leave out "was" and insert is."

In line 41, leave out "were and were" and insert "are and are."

Lords Amendment: In page 50, line 33, at end, insert: Provided that where the same person is entitled to such compensation as aforesaid in respect of more than one relevant holding, or in respect of more than one interest, or in respect both of more than one relevant holding and of more than one interest, the aggregate principal amount payable to that person by way of such compensation in respect of all interests in respect of which he is so entitled in so far as they subsisted in the same land shall not exceed whichever is the less of the following amounts, that is to say—

  1. (i) the aggregate of the amounts by which the value of each respectively of those interests in so far as it subsisted in that land was depreciated by the decision or order; or
  2. (ii) the aggregate of the fractions of the respective values of all relevant holdings of which that person is the holder which attached to that land.

Commander Galbraith

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

This Amendment provides for the possibility that the same person may be able to claim compensation under Part V of the Bill in respect of more than one interest or more than one claim holding relating to the same land. That, naturally, would be undesirable.

Mr. Woodburn

May I congratulate the Government on the fact that for once they have introduced an Amendment to stop somebody getting money out of the Government?

Question put, and agreed to. [Special Entry.]