§ 107. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will bring forward legislation which will empower tenants to receive compensation from their landlords when they have paid rents since the 1920 Act, which included a percentage fixed for repairs and no such repairs have been effected.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanNo. If a house is not in a reasonable state of repair the 167W tenant can obtain a certificate from the sanitary authority, serve a copy on the landlord, and withhold the increases of rent permitted under the Act of 1920.