HL Deb 31 July 1935 vol 98 cc962-3

Clause 68, page 57, line 24, at end insert ("and at the end of the said subsection the following proviso shall be inserted— 'Provided that a local authority shall not be authorised to purchase any land compulsorily for those purposes unless it appears to the Minister that it is likely to be required for those purposes within five years from the date on which he confirms the compulsory purchase order.'

The Commons propose to amend this Amendment as follows:

Leave out ("five") and insert ("ten").

VISCOUNT GAGE

My Lords, this is consequential. I beg to move.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.