HC Deb 06 May 1957 vol 569 cc47-8W
Mr. J. E. B. Hill

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) in how many cases his consent has been given to a notice to quit under Section 24 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948,

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT, 1948—SECTIONS 24–25 NOTICES TO QUIT
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Years beginning 1st March Minister's consent given Appeals against Minister's consent heard(a) Appeals against Minister's consent allowed(a) Minister's consent refused Appeals against Minister's refusal heard(a) Appeals against Minister's refusal allowed(a)
1948 … … 398 643(b) 198(c) 632 See Columns (3) and (4)
1949 … … 430 762
1950 … … 358 156 64 675 209 44
1951 … … 322 134 51 549 185 36
1952 … … 314 119 47 473 170 26
1953 … … 240 96 40 364 131 28
1954 … … 119 50 25 205 73 16
1955 … … 135 32 15 238 53 6
1956 … … 44(d) 31 9 125(d) 42 9
(a) Figures are for decided cases only and are shown in the year in which the decision was notified to the Ministry, which may not be the year in which the appeal was lodged.
(b) Number of appeals against both consents and refusals heard in the period 1st March, 1948, to 28th February, 1950.
(c) Number of appeals against both consents and refusals allowed in the period 1st March, 1948, to 28th February, 1950.
(d) Six months only—1st March, 1956, to 31st August, 1956.

in each of the years 1948 to 1957 to the nearest convenient date;

(2) in how many cases, in each of the years 1948 to 1957, to the nearest convenient date, there has been an appeal against his consent to the operation of a notice to quit under Section 24 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948; and how many of these appeals have been allowed in each of those years;

(3) in how many cases he has refused his consent to a notice to quit under Section 24 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948, in each of the years 1948 to 1957 to the nearest convenient date;

(4) in how many cases, in each of the years 1948 to 1957, to the nearest available date, there has been an appeal against his refusal to consent to the operation of a notice to quit under Section 24 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948; and how many of the appeals have been allowed in each of those years.

Mr. Godber:

The following table gives the information in the form in which it has been obtained from county agricultural executive committees, to whom the Minister's functions under the Section in question have been delegated. I regret that the information is not readily available by calendar years, and that to obtain the full information for the period from 1st March, 1948, to 28th February, 1950, would mean undue expenditure of time and labour.