§ Mr. Snowasked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will investigate the possibility of re-negotiating the rental paid to a Lichfield constituent, details of which he has been sent, and in the matter of a lease first negotiated in 1940 and now alleged by the district surveyor not to be capable of re-negotiation, owing to an oversight on the part of the constituent, before June, 1971.
§ Mr. SharplesThe lease in question is for 21 years from June, 1950, with provision for a break at the fourteenth year on condition that six months' previous notice is given. No such notice was given and there can therefore be no legal grounds for varying the terms of the rent which was in fact freely negotiated in 1950. I will make inquiries to see whether there are any crcumstances which would justify me in making an exception in this case, although on the facts so far reported this seems unlikely.