§ Mr. Sparksasked the Attorney-General how many actions for possession of premises to which the Landlord and Tenant (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1958, applies have been entered in county courts in the Metropolitan police area; how the actions have been disposed of; and how many of these actions were entered in the Brentford County Court.
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§ The Attorney-General,pursuant to his reply, [OFFICIAL REPORT, Tuesday, 27th January, 1959; Vol. 598, c. 856], gave the following information:
The number of such actions entered in courts situated in the Metropolitan police area by 1st January, 1959, was 1,817, but the districts of the courts do not entirely coincide with the boundaries of the Metropolitan police area. Of the actions entered 93 had been withdrawn, 1,225 were still pending and 499 had been heard. In 362 of the cases which had been heard the tenant applied for the order for possession to be suspended. Suspension was granted in 286 cases and refused in 76. Thirty-seven of the orders refusing a suspension were made by consent of the parties.
In the Brentford County Court 155 actions were entered and 118 were still
— 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 £ £ £ £ £ British Guiana 113,635 139,531* 133,922 140,977 143,484 Grenada 18,950* 17,576 26,731 27,585 24,612 Kenya, Uganda and Taneanvika 769,980 912,957*† 949,606 958,621 1,045,817 Sierra Leone 46,639 49,272 54,403 97,746* 69,642 — 1953–54* 1954–55 1955–56† 1956–57 1957–58 £ £ £ £ £ Nigeria 538,009 591,060 668,188 774,188 Not yet available * New definitive sets issued. † Commemorative stamps also on sale during this period, but separate figures not available.
§ Mr. Woollamasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent colonial stamp sales have fallen in recent years; and what steps he is prepared to take to revive sales in the interests of the colonial administrations.
§ Mr. J. AmeryThe number of stamps sold to dealers by the Crown Agents in 1958 was only slightly below the average for the previous four years. Figures for stamps sold direct by colonial administrations in 1958 are not yet available but those I have quoted in the reply to the previous Question show an annual upward trend and I see no reason for taking steps to increase sales.