§ 43. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Health why he no longer grants sealed authorisation to local authorities for the purpose of enabling them to recover possession of requisitioned properties.
§ Mr. KeyA county court judge in the London district recently decided that my right hon. Friend was not empowered under the Defence Regulations to authorise a local authority themselves to institute legal proceedings to recover possession of requisitioned properties. An appeal from this judgment will shortly be heard in the Court of Appeal and pending the hearing of the Appeal my right hon. Friend has thought it better to discontinue the issue of these authorisations.