HL Deb 28 July 1981 vol 423 cc672-3

37 Schedule 3, page 100, line 16, after "value" insert "or annual value".

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 37. I believe that this is another technical amendment; I hope that I am not misleading the House in saying so.

Lord Elwyn-Jones

My Lords, I remember an occasion in the House of Lords when counsel for one of the parties said that the point being taken against him was a very technical point. The late noble and learned Lord, Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, said, "Ah, yes, in some cases what you may think of as a technical point is a point of principle which has been discovered by the other side!"

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, there is not another side to this particular debate!

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.