§ Mr. Bowerasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent case of L.C.C. v. Shelley, in which it was held that the tenant of a Council house has no protection under the Rent Restriction Acts against eviction by the 424W Council on any grounds whatsoever, no matter how great the hardship involved; and whether he will introduce legislation at an early date to place tenants of Council houses in the same position as regards notice to quit as they would be if they were occupying houses owned by private landlords.
§ Mr. BevanThis matter was fully considered by the Ridley Committee on Rent Control whose Report (Cmd. 6621) included a majority recommendation that local authority houses should continue to be excluded from the Rent Restrictions Acts. A minority of the Committee took a different view, but as I have previously stated there is no hope of early legislation.