HL Deb 03 June 1902 vol 108 cc1228-9

House in Committee (According to Order.)

Clause I. :—

Formal Amendment agreed to.

THE SECRETARY or STATE FOR SCOTLAND (Lord BALFOUR BURLEIGH)

The object of the second Amendment standing in my name is to remedy a complaint which has been made by the City of Glasgow, who are afraid that if the Bill passes in its present form there may be a doubt as to the date from which the supplementary Roll is to operate. In the Clause as it now stands the provision is for the completion of the Roll. The effect of the Amendment, if your Lordships agree to it, will be to make the supplementary Roll operate from the date at which the last Roll was made up. I think the Amendment is a poor one, and I move that it be inserted.

Amendment moved— In Clause 1, line 17, to leave out 'completion of the Roll' and to insert "the Whitsunday preceding."—(Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Verbal Amendment agreed to.

Clause 1, as Amendment, agreed to.

Clause 2. :—

LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH

Clause 2 provides that for the purposes of hearing and disposing of appeals against supplementary valuations, Courts of Appeal, as established under the Lands Valuation (Scotland) Acts shall be held between the twenty-fifth day of March and the first day of April annually. The object of this Amendment is to substitute the fifteenth of March for the twenty-fifth, the desire being to give a little more time in which to carry out the procedure necessary to make the new supplementary Roll. It is to that extent an alteration in substance, but it has been asked for by the only parties who have communicated with me with regard to the Bill. I do not think there is any objection to it, and I move that the alteration be made.

Amendment moved— In Clause 2, line 23, to leave out 'twenty, fifth' and to insert 'fifteenth.'"—(Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Remaining Clauses agreed to, and Bill reported.