The House met at Eleven o'clock

[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

Order for Second Reading read.

Considered in Committee.

• Clause 8. — (Agreements Relating to Barotseland.)

  9 areithiau

  Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.

Lords Amendments considered.

• Clause 2. — (Power of Corporation to, Make Loans to Housing Societies.)

  3 areithiau

  Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 34, after "make" insert "loans".

Clause 5. — (Schemes for Corporation to Provide Housing Accommoda Tion in Place of Housing Society.)

3 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 17, after "prepare" insert "and submit to the Minister".

Clause 8. — (Building Society Advances to Housing Societies to Which Corporation Have Made Loans.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 40, leave out paragraph (b) and insert: (b) any advance which in accordance with section 21(7) of the Building Societies Act 1962, a building society is treated...

Clause 18. — (Suspended Improvement Notices: Effect After 5 Years.)

9 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 20, line 28, leave out "twelve" and insert "six".

Clause 19. — (Dwellings Outside Improvement Areas.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 22, line 43, at end insert: (c) If the works are to a lower standard than full improvement, the improvement notice may. at the discretion of the local authority, specify...

Clause 23. — (Local Authorities May Acquire Dwellings, etc., in Tenements in Improvement Areas in Scotland.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 28, line 19, at end insert: (5) The power conferred on a local authority by section 131(1) of the Act of 1950 to pay certain allowances to persons displaced in...

Clause 24. — (Acceptance of Undertakings to Carry Out Works.)

4 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 29, line 4, leave out "or section 21(2)" and insert: section 21(2) or section 22(1)".

Clause 34. — (Adjustment of Relations Between Lessors and Lessees.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 40, line 13, at end insert: (1A) This section shall not authorise the county court to increase the rent payable to the landlord in respect of an agricultural holding as...

New Clause "B". — (Increase in Controlled Rent in Respect of Improvement Under Part Ii.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 40, line 16, after the words last inserted insert new Clause B (Increase in controlled rent in respect of improvement under Part II): B.—(1) In the case of an...

New Clause "C". — (Amendments of Agricultural Holdings Act 1948.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 40, line 16, after the words last inserted insert new Clause C (Amendments of Agricultural Holdings Act 1948): C—(1) Section 9 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948...

New Clause "D". — (Adjustment of Re Lations Between Lessors and Lessees of Agricultural Hold Ings, etc. in Scotland.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 40, line 16, after the words last inserted insert new Clause D (Adjustment of relations between lessors and lessees of agricultural holdings, etc. in Scotland.):...

Clause 37. — (Exclusion of Dwellings Controlled by Crown or a Public Authority.)

3 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 43, line 33, after "includes" insert "(i)".

Clause 40. — (Interpretation and Construction of Part Ii.)

7 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 45, line 40, leave out "the rack-rent" and, insert: any rent (including a rack-rent) payable by the tenant (as defined in this section)".

Clause 42. — (Amounts of Standard Grant.)

5 areithiau

Lords Amendment: In page 48, line 22, column 2, leave out from "and" to "satisfied" in line 23 and insert: before the time when the local authority approve the application they have been".

Clause 44. — (Standard Grants Excluded for Certain Houses and Other Buildings in Multiple Occupation.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 50, line 28, after "1959" insert: so far as it relates to applications made by virtue of section 41 of this Act".

Clause 52. — (Conditions Attaching to Improvement Grants and Standard Grants in England and Wales: Rent Limit.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 57, line 23, after "Sections" insert "2,".

Clause 68. — (Restriction on Recovery of Possession After Making of Compulsory Purchase Order.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 72, line 32, leave out "nine" and insert "twelve".

Clause 74. — (Periodical Payments to Dispossessed Proprietor.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 79, line 17, leave out from "and" to "for" in line 18 and insert: if any dispute arises under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the local authority or the person claiming...

Clause 99. — (Other Minor Amendments of Housing Acts.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 108, line 28, at end insert: (3) In section 69(3) of the Act of 1957 (under which a local authority may issue a certificate that a house is fit for human habitation and...

Clause 102. — (General Interpretation and Temporary Modification as Regards London.)

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Lords Amendment: In page 110, leave out line 12.

Adjournment

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. W. Elliott.]