§ Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that on the com- 316W pulsory acquisition of a hereditament, or on the acquisition by agreement by an authority statutorily authorised to compulsorily acquire a hereditament classified by the War Damage Commission as ranking for a cost of works payment, the right to receive such payment is changed to a right to receive value payment; and whether, particularly having regard to the present high cost of building, he will consider the matter with a view to amending the position so that in such circumstances the right to receive a cost of works payment is not so changed.
§ Mr. Glenvil HallI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the hon. Member for Mitcham (Mr. Braddock) on 14th March, 1946 [Vol. 420; c. 1291–2].