CONSIDERATION OF COMMONS' REASONS. (Hansard, 13 August 1885)

§ THE MARQUESS OF WATERFORD

said, the Commons had sent to their Lordships the following statement in respect to the Bill:— The Commons disagree to the Amendment made by the Lords in page 5, line 12, for the following reason:—Because the owner having under all circumstances a power to petition against a scheme, it would place unnecessary difficulties in the way of such schemes if a petition could also he presented by such a small number of ratepayers as six. The Commons disagree to the Amendment made by the Lords in page 8 (by leaving out lines 24 and 25), for the following reason:—Because the former clauses of the Bill are leases upon the principle of giving the local authority a leasing power as well as a power to purchase. The Commons disagree to the Amendment made by the Lords in page 9, line 36, for the following reason:—Because the sanitary authority having the means of the local knowledge is the best judge of the area of taxation. The Commons propose to amend the Amendment made by the Lords in page 8, line 10, by inserting in lieu of words struck out by the Lords the following words:—('Or may purchase by agreement any existing 8 cottage, or by agreement may purchase and allot to the occupant of any such existing cottage, half-an-acre of land.') The Commons propose to amend Clause A, inserted by the Lords, by inserting after 'lands,' in line 8, the words 'in the same locality.' He would move that the House acquiesce in the alterations made in the Bill by the Commons. His objections to the change made by the Commons on page 8 of the Bill were obviated by the insertion of the words "by agreement." The Amendment to Clause A provided that landlords offering land in exchange for the land proposed to be taken, the land so offered should be in the same locality.