§ Mr. Oakesasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now introduce a Statutory Instrument under Section 35(5) of the Rent Act, 1965, to repeal the Small Tenements Recovery Acts for the purpose of ending the jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in possession cases.
§ Mr. Denis HowellMy right hon. Friend thinks that it would be better not to make an order till the new provisions for enforcement of judgment debts by attachment of earnings are in force and there has been experience of their operation.