§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
§ Mr. G. R. Mitchison (Kettering)I notice that the Clause substitutes for a value by the year or in rent a net annual value for rating. The question I should like to have answered is this. In the case of agricultural land, works or industrial hereditaments which are rated at one-quarter of their value, is it one-quarter or the full amount which, for this purpose, is the net annual value for rating?
§ The Solicitor-GeneralI am obliged to the hon. and learned Gentleman for raising the question. In our view, it is the full amount which is their net annual value for rating. We refrain from dealing with rateable value as a measure of value for this purpose to avoid the very difficulty he has in mind. For instance, in the case of industrial hereditaments where the distinction would be a difference of three-quarters it would manifestly be wrong, for the purpose of measuring a jurisdiction of this kind, so I would submit to the Committee, to adopt rateable value as opposed to net annual value for rating.
§ Clause ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clause 3 ordered to stand part of the Bill.