§ Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Agriculture whether any applications for a reduction of rents have been made by any Crown tenants of urban property; 1618W and, if so, what decision has been reached?
§ Major ELLIOT:As regards ground rents in Regent Street, I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on 16th February last to a question by the hon. Member for Walthamstow West (Mr. McEntee). In the last year applications for reduction of rent have been received from 10 lessees of premises in other parts of London held on leases for seven years or more, and in six of these cases temporary abatements have been allowed with Treasury authority. In 11 cases short tenancies of business premises have been renewed at reduced rents. Reductions have been made in the rents of working-class houses and tenements let on weekly tenancies on the Cumberland Market Estate, but I regret that I cannot give the exact number of cases.