§ Bill to prohibit the recovery of possession, except by legal proceedings, of certain dwelling-houses released from control by subsection (1) of section eleven of the Rent Act, 1957, and to provide in certain cases for suspending for a limited period the execution of any order made in such proceedings; to regulate the terms and conditions as to rent and other matters to be applied in cases where possession of such dwelling-houses is retained pending the recovery of possession; and for purposes connected with 165 the matters aforesaid; presented by Mr. Henry Brooke; supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. A. Butler, Mr. John Maclay, the Solicitor General, and the Solicitor General for Scotland; read the First time; to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 99.]
§ Mr. PagetOn a point of order. This Motion appears on the Order Paper in the name of the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. H. A. Price). We had hoped—and I hope that we are not to be disappointed—that there had been a reconstruction of the Government which, in any form, even by stealth, would be regarded on this side of the House as an improvement.
§ Mr. SpeakerI very much regret that there was a misprint in an early edition of the Order Paper in which this Motion was put down in the name of the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. H. A. Price). A second edition has been issued. I can only express my regret to the House for the printer's error on this occasion.