§ Captain HOTCHKINasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether he is aware that considerable difficulties are likely to be experienced in connection with certificates under Section 5 (1) (ii) of the Rent and Mortgage Restriction Act, 1920, to be issued by the recently constituted county agricultural committees, the Act containing no power for the committees to delegate their powers of granting certificates to sub-committees, and frequent meetings of large committees may be required entailing great expense, there being no provision in the Act for proof of a certificate issued by a committee as evidence in a Court of Law; whether, in these circumstances, he proposes to issue a circular to committees as to their powers under the section; and what steps he proposes to take by initiating legislation, or otherwise, to obviate the difficulties at present arising in practice?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENThe attention of the Ministry has been called to the difficulty referred to, and I will communicate on the subject with the Ministry of Health, which is more directly concerned with the procedure of county councils and their committees.