§ 3.12 p.m.
§ LORD STRABOLGIMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Hughes I beg leave to introduce a Bill to provide, as respects Scotland, for the prohibition of new feuduties and other periodical payments from land; for the right to redeem feuduties and other such perpetual payments on a term day; for the redemption by law of feuduties and 1228 other such payments on transfer of land for valuable consideration; for limitations on the residential use of property subject to long lease and other rights of occupancy; for the variation of heritable securities in the event of residential use of the security subjects; for restrictions on certain rights of reversion, redemption and pre-emption; for limitation of the right to raise an action of irritancy for non-payment of feuduty; for abolition of the right to create leasehold casualties for the recognition of interposed leases; for amendment of the law relating to registration of leases; for abolition of the registration and recording of documents in the Office of Chancery; and for related matters. My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1ª.—(Lord Strabolgi.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1ª, and to be printed.