§ Mr. Turtonasked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been directed to the judgment delivered by His Honour Judge Langman on 10th July, 1946, in the case of Meredith v. Andrews; and whether he is instructing the county agricultural executive committees to issue certificates in suitable cases where the applicant for possession under the provision of paragraph (g) of the First Schedule of the Rent and Mortgage Restrictions Act, 1933, is the intended occupant and he is occupied or employed at wholetime work on an agricultural holding.
Mr. T. WilliamsMy attention was directed to this judgment shortly after it was given. I am, however, advised that a contrary opinion was expressed in a case in the Court of Appeal in 1948. (Munroy. Daw, 1948, 1 K.B. 129.) County agricultural executive committees have accordingly been instructed that they should continue not to entertain an application for a certificate where the possession of a house is required as a residence for the farmer, and not for a person who is, or is to be, in his whole-time employment under a contract of service.