Mr. LEVY LEVERasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to a notice issued by the proprietor to the villagers on his estates at Rostherne, Ashley, and Mobberley, Cheshire, forbidding any cottagers to receive any person whatsoever in their cottages for the purpose of the sale or consumption of any refreshments, under penalty of instant notice to quit; and if he will consider the advisability of inserting a clause in the Housing Bill to give cottagers some security of tenure?
§ Mr. BURNSI have seen a newspaper statement containing a notice to the effect mentioned. I should hope that the proprietor may see his way to relax the prohibition referred to; but I doubt whether it would be practicable to insert in the Housing Bill a clause dealing with the difficult subject alluded to by my hon. Friend.