§ Mr. Liddallasked the Attorney-General whether it is proposed to introduce legis- 188W lation to correct the omission from the Landlord and Tenant (War Damage) Act, 1941, of provisions to render that Act retrospective to the earlier Act of 1939; and why the Government did not make the Act of 1941 retrospective.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe answer is in the negative, and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to him on the 30th November, 1943. The question whether all or some of the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant (War Damage) (Amendment) Act, 1941, should be made retrospective in effect was given careful consideration by the Government during the preparation and passage through Parliament of that Bill. It was decided not to make any part of the Bill retrospective for reasons which then commended, and still commend themselves, to the Government.