HC Deb 18 December 1952 vol 509 cc251-2W
112. Mr. Bartley

asked the Minister of Agriculture to consider making a regulation under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948. Clause 26, Section 1 (e) to safeguard the interests of sub-tenant farmers by giving them at least the same tenure of security as tenant farmers, and by securing that where the interest of the tenant is terminated by notice to quit, the sub-tenant will hold from the landlord on terms no worse than the terms he held from the tenant.

Sir T. Dugdale

As I told the hon. Member in answer to his Question of 23rd October, I am keeping under review the position of sub-tenants under the Act. I am not aware that any serious difficulty is being caused at present and I see no reason for making any regulation of the kind suggested.