§ Mr. H. ButlerWith your permission, Mr. Speaker, I beg to present a Petition to this House, signed by about 1,200 persons in my constituency, including a considerable number who have received notice to quit, which notice will expire whilst this House is in Recess. The Petition reads:
… in this area there are many hundreds of families who have received notice to quit under the Rent Act, 1957, and for whom the local authority can offer no hope of rehousing for years to come. That these families when evicted have no other place in which to live.Wherefore your Petitioners pray that Section II of the Rent Act, 1957, be repealed so tenants shall not be evicted from their homes unless equivalent alternative accommodation is provided.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.