§ Mr. Hylton-Fosterasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will consider the inconvenience to local authorities emphasised by the decision in Becker v. Crosby Corporation, resulting from requiring notices to quit to be signed by an officer who may not work in the Department by which the management, regulation and control of the authority's houses is carried out; and if he will introduce legislation or give guidance to help in the matter.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI am not convinced that any inconvenience need arise out of the decision referred to. The requirement of Section 164 (2) of the Housing Act, 1936, does not of itself involve the clerk or his lawful deputy in any procedure leading up to the issue of a notice to quit; its purpose is merely that of authentification.