§ Mr. GOULDasked the President of the Local Government Board (1) if his Department have considered the advisability of giving leasehold tenants the right to acquire at a just valuation the freehold of their property; and (2) if his Department has considered the advisability of appointing a commission or arbitration board so that extended leases can be granted on fair terms where expenditure on repairs or improvements have been made on the property, so that the whole benefit of the building and improvements do not fall into the possession of the ground landlord?
§ Dr. ADDISONIn reply to this and the succeeding question, I would inform the hon. Member that the question of the mutual relations of landlords and tenants is under the consideration of the Government. The matter is not, however, within the jurisdiction of the Local Government Board.