§ Mr. BETTERTONasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the confusion which has arisen upon the construction of the Increase of Rent and 1814W Mortgage Restriction Act, 1920, as to the validity of four-week notices given under that Act to increase the rent payable by the tenant in cases where a seven-day notice to quit has not been given, and of the fact that such confusion has resulted in claims by tenants to be reimbursed the rent paid by them where such seven-day notices have not been given, and that county court judges, whose decision is final in these cases, have given conflicting rulings, he will, in order to save further expense and individual hardship, introduce legislation to set these doubts at rest?
§ Sir A. MONDI think the hon. Member has been misinformed, as the question to which he refers appears to have been settled by the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Newellv. Crayford (38 T.L.R. 355; 57 L.J. 73; W.N. (1922) 72).