COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LISTED BUILDINGS IN NEED OF REPAIR (Hansard, 11 June 1969)

§ Dr. Dickson Mabon
I beg to move Amendment No. 24, in page 47, line 33, at end insert: (7) A person aggrieved by a decision of the sheriff on an application under subsection (6) above may appeal against a decision to the Court of Session, but on a question of law only.

Mr. Deputy Speaker
I understand that with this Amendment we can take Amendment No. 25.

§ Dr. Mabon
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
In the Committee, the noble Lord, the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North (Earl of Dalkeith) moved an Amendment to provide that where a person felt aggrieved by a decision of the sheriff under Clause 49(6) on an application by a person with an interest in a building which the local planning authority proposed to acquire compulsorily under Clause 49, he should have the right of appeal to the Court of Session. I agreed that there was a need for such a provision in this Clause, to give a similar right of appeal to that contained in Clause 52(6) in relation to minimum compensation in the case of buildings deliberately left derelict, and it undertook to introduce a Government Amendment on Report. This Amendment carries out that undertaking, and I am very grateful to the noble Lord for drawing attention to this defect in the original Bill.

Earl of Dalkeith
In expressing my appreciation to the Minister for having reacted so favourably, I may add that my pleasure is matched only by my disappointment that he is not seeking to implement an Amendment which seeks to alter the period from two months to six months, but as it deals with an entirely different Clause I cannot now discuss it.