Mr. T. THOMSONasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a serious injustice threatens Mr. A. Carbine, of 92, Gladstone Street, Middlesbrough, who, after four years' service in the Army, is about to be evicted from his home, which owing to house shortage has been with his wife's mother and the latter having emigrated to America, where Mr. and Mrs. Carbine had also arranged to go; that an order for ejection has been issued: and, as Mrs. Carbine has been forbidden by her doctor to travel on account of her delicate condition, can he, in the interests of the health of the expectant mother and child, secure a temporary suspension of 436W the eviction order until it is safe for them to emigrate to America where they have arranged to go?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe Increase of Rent (Restriction) Act gives me no power to intervene. The question whether an order for possession should be granted, refused, or suspended is entirely for the Courts, and I may remind my hon. Friend that increased powers of suspension were given in the new Act.