HC Deb 23 October 1975 vol 898 cc809-10
Mr. Barry Jones

I beg to move Amendment No. 33, in page 6, line 37, at end add: '(2) In section 59 of that Act (compensation for exercise of special powers in relation to tenancies)—

  1. (a) in subsection (1), after the words "sections" there shall be inserted the words "or, subject to subsection (1A) below, section 60A below", and
  2. (b) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
(1A) No compensation shall be recoverable under subsection (1) above where the certificate was given under section 60A below and either—
  1. (a) the premises vested in the Welsh Development Agency under section 6 (property of Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation) or 7 (land held under Local Employment Act 1972) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975, or
  2. (b) the tenant was not tenant of the premises when the said Agency acquired the interest by virtue of which the certificate was given."'.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

In Committee the Under-Secretary promised to write to me about several points that I raised on this very technical clause. I am grateful to him for doing so and for satisfying me. I do not think the House will want me to go through a long letter, but there is such a letter dealing with the points that were raised in Committee.

My hon. Friend the Member for Barry (Sir R. Gower) mentioned the question of compensation. The question posed is whether there should be a provision in the Bill for compensation for a tenant who, as a consequence of the implementation of these provisions, was precluded from a new tenancy. The object of the clause is to provide compensation for those tenants who could not have known, because of the nature of their tenancy agreements, that they might be caught out by the provisions of the Bill. I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary would confirm this.

Mr. Barry Jones

Yes.

Amendment agreed to.

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