§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if, in view of the experience of the working of 290W the present provisions of the Land Commission Act, he will increase the extra-statutory concession he announced on 22nd July, 1968, to a figure of £10,000 pending his introduction of amending legislation.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNo. I am satisfied that the concession announced on 22nd July, 1968, is adequate to deal with cases where the owner of the land could not have been expected to know about the White Paper on the Land Commission and to provide a measure of relief in other cases.
§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce amending legislation to allow the Land Commission to take as the base value when assessing levy the price of land purchased between 22nd September, 1965, and 6th April, 1967, in cases where the Commission is satisfied the price was determined as part of a bona-fide arms-length transaction.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNo.