HC Deb 08 November 1955 vol 545 cc1807-8

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for abating the pollution of the air, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament—

  1. (a) of the following contributions to expenses of any local authority, that is to say—
    1. (i) four-sevenths of the approved expenses of the authority in making repayments of seven-tenths of the expenses, on adaptations to avoid contraventions of the provisions of the said Act relating to areas declared thereunder to be smoke control areas, of owners or occupiers of, or other persons interested in, private dwellings which are not new dwellings;
    2. (ii) two-fifths of the approved expenses of the authority in making, in or in connection with private dwellings owned by them or under their control not being new dwellings, adaptations to avoid such contraventions as aforesaid; and
    3. (iii) two-fifths of the approved expenses of the authority in carrying out, in or in
    1808 connection with private dwellings which are not new dwellings, any such adaptations as aforesaid which have been required by notices served by them under the said provisions of the said Act;
  2. (b) any administrative expenses incurred under the said Act by the Minister of Housing and Local Government or the Secretary of State; and
  3. (c) any increase attributable to the said Act in the moneys to be provided by Parliament under Part I of the Local Government Act, 1948, or the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954.
In this Resolution "approved" means approved by the said Minister or the Secretary of State.

Resolution agreed to.