HL Deb 20 July 1936 vol 102 cc72-4

Provisions as to the compulsory acquisition of land.

2. The modifications subject to which the Lands Clauses Acts and the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, shall be incorporated in a compulsory purchase order are as follows:—

(c) where any land in England to which the compulsory purchase order relates is glebe land or other land belonging to an ecclesiastical benefice, the order shall provide that sums agreed upon or awarded for the purchase of the land, or to be paid by way of compensation for damage to be sustained by reason of severance or injury affecting the land, shall not be paid as directed by the Lands Clauses Acts, but shall be paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to be applied by them as money paid to them upon a sale, under the Ecclesiastical Leasing Acts, of land belonging to a benefice.

VISCOUNT SWINTON moved, in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 2 of Part I, to leave out "the order shall provide that" and to insert "any". The noble Viscount said: This is a little more than a drafting Amendment. My attention has been drawn to the fact that money which would be paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners would have to be dealt with so to speak by two bites unless this Amendment were made. This gives authority to pay direct to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners where it is legal.

Amendment moved— Page 33, line 19, leave out ("the order shall provide that") and insert ("any").—(Viscount Swinton.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

VISCOUNT SWINTON

The remaining Amendments to this Schedule are drafting.

Amendments moved— Page 33, line 30, leave out ("whom") and insert ("which"). Page 34, line 24, leave out paragraph 5 and insert: ("5. The provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (8) of Section two hundred and ninety of the Local Government Act, 1933, (which relate to the conduct of local inquiries and to costs in connection therewith) shall apply in relation to any inquiry held by direction of the Secretary of State under the last preceding paragraph, as they apply in relatioon to an inquiry held by direction of the Secretary of State under subsection (1) of that section.") Page 35, line 5, leave out ("are") and insert ("is") Page 35, line 35, at end insert ("and") Page 35, line 38, leave out from ("Act") to the end of line 43. Page 36, line 6, leave out ("whom") and insert ("which").—(Viscount Swinton.)

On Question, Amendments agreed to.

First Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Second Schedule agreed to.

Third Schedule [Provisions as to policies of insurance, securities and deposits]:

VISCOUNT SWINTON

There is a drafting Amendment here.

Amendment moved— Page 42, line 21, leave, out ("II") and insert ("III").—(Viscount Swinton.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Third Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Fourth Schedule: