Tuesday, 20 June 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
To be considered Tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether, during his current review of the planning machinery set up in the Town and Country Planning Act, 1962, he will consider the proposal...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what advice he has given to local authorities about the damage to wild life caused by the indiscriminate and careless use of modern...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps, by legislation or otherwise, to disqualify contractors, estate agents or any persons who have financial dealings with...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the estimated total cost to local government and industry, respectively, of implementing existing legislation about the pollution of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will receive a deputation from Macclesfield concerning the proposal to erect new gasholders there.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government by what amount he intends to revise the projected expenditure of £4,392 million by local authorities in 1969–70, at 1965 Survey...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware of the hazards to health and the damage to amenities caused by the Homefire Plant at Keresley, Coventry; and if he will...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will seek to amend the law so that those garages rateably occupied by householders and used in connection with their occupation of a...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps he will take to ensure that caravan site operators pass on to the residents the saving in rates they have realised as a result of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what progress he is making with his review of present legislation relating to the position of statutory undertakings in regard to planning and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now introduce legislation to extend the protection of the Rent Act to caravan dwellers, in view of the report of the Consumer Council...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now seek powers to set up a housing development authority able to acquire land from the Land Commission and to hand out building...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is satisfied that rents registered in 1966 under the Rent Act are actually ½ per cent. higher than previous rents; how he explains...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement on the results of his national survey of older houses; and what steps he intends to take to improve them,...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what progress has been made in arranging to provide surveyor's assistance for tenants who appear before the rent assessment committees.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government, in view of the fact that some local authorities intend to sell large numbers of council houses, thus reducing the chances of those on the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to provide financial support to the work of the National House Builders Registration Council and requiring...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether, in view of the progress now made by rent officers in fixing fair rents, he will exercise his powers under the Rent Act, 1965, to bring...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to enable local authorities to set up agencies for the exchange and sale of private houses.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will advise local authorities to seek discussions with the insurance companies with a view to securing reductions in the premiums payable...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement on the results of his most recent discussions with the building societies on the question of lowering their lending...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce amending legislation in order to ensure that caravan dwellers are not liable for payment of back rates which the site owner...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what advice he proposes to give local authorities about the proportion of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroomed houses they construct to meet...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will issue a circular to local authorities to meet their housing density requirements on the basis of low-rise, rather than high-rise...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will issue a circular advising local authorities to purchase property required for development purposes as soon as the proposals are...
asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for a further meeting with Mr. Kosygin.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to overcome the difficulties for New Zealand should Great Britain sign the Treaty of Rome, he will propose a federation of the United Kingdoms of Great...
asked the Prime Minister what is the approximate average cost in each of the last three years to the British taxpayer of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement; and whether he will seek to guarantee...
asked the Prime Minister if he will instruct the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, the Secretary of State for Defence and the Minister of Labour to assess the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now appoint a further Minister with responsibility for disarmament.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his visit to the President of France.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about his discussions with other heads of Governments on the situation in the Middle East.
With permission, I will now answer Questions Nos. Q8, Q9 and Q11. During our lengthy discussions yesterday and this morning, President de Gaulle and I had, as we had planned, a most useful and...
Estimates set out hereunder referred to the Scottish Grand Committee: Class III, Vote 2, Scottish Home and Health Department.Class IV, Vote 5, Roads, &c., Scotland.Class V, Vote 2,...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) Where a tenant of a house having a right under this Part of this Act to acquire the freehold is prevented from giving notice of his desire to have the freehold because the person to he served...
5 (1) Where the landlord of any leasehold house of which the tenant has a right to acquire the freehold under Part I of this Act gives written notice to the tenant of his desire to sell the...
(1) Upon the application of the landlord of an estate area, the local planning authority, if it is of the opinion that the estate area or any one or more parts thereof (a) by reason of any one or...
No person shall be entitled under Part I of this Act to acquire the freehold or an extended lease of property if the landlord is a housing association (as defined by section 189(1) of the Housing...
The owner of any land which is a road, footpath, watercourse, sewer, drain, garden, parkland, recreational or sports ground, communal building or other premises, used in common by or for the...
Where a certificate under section 19 of this Act is given by the Minister in favour of a landlord which is an institution, organisation or trust establishment for charitable purposes no person...
I beg to move Amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 9, after 'house', to insert: 'other than the tenant of a leasehold house holding under a premium lease as defined in section 37 of this Act'.
I beg to move Amendment No. 11, in page 2, to leave out lines 27 to 30 and to insert:
I beg to move Amendment No. 15, in page 5, line 14, to leave out 'two-thirds' and to insert 'one-fifth'.
I beg to move Amendment No. 19, in page 7, line 47, at the end to insert: 'but where a tenant's notice ceases to have effect by reason of a notice to treat served on him or on the landlord, then...
I beg to move Amendment No. 20, in page 8, line 21, at the beginning to insert: (1) Where a tenant of a house is occupying it as his residence, his occupation of it at any earlier time shall for...
I beg to move Amendment No. 25, in page 9, line 25, leave out from claim 'to as' in line 26 and insert 'made by him at the time of his death have been treated'. This Amendment, which is...
Amendment made: No. 30, in page 12, line 19, leave out 'subsections (2) and (3)' and insert subsection (2)'.—[Mr. Willey.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 38, in page 19, line 32, at the end to insert: (5) Upon receiving the amount which in accordance with this section discharges the house and premises from the charge,...
Amendment made: No. 42, in page 21, line 43, leave out 'under section 5(6) above or'.—[Mr. Willey.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 44, in page 23, line 17, to leave out 'twenty-five' and to insert 'seven'.
I beg to move, Amendment No. 107, in page 24, line 46, to leave out subsection (1)(a). The provisions of the Clause as they stand relate to the alternative possibility of obtaining an extension...
I beg to move Amendment No. 48, in page 26, line 38, to leave out "twelve months" and to insert "three years". Clause 17 permits the landlord to recover premises at the end of a lease, on proper...
I beg to move Amendment No. 49, in page 28, line 35, after 'daughter', insert 'or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law'. This and the following Amendment are logical counterparts to Amendments...
I beg to move Amendment No. 51, in page 29, line 36, leave out from beginning to 'High' in line 37 on page 30 and insert: (1) Where, in the case of any area which is occupied directly or...
Amendment made: In page 36, line 7, leave out from '15(2)' to the end of line 8.—[Mr. Willey.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 65, in page 38, line 35 [Clause 23], after 'binding', to insert: 'or any provision of such an agreement excluding or restricting for a period not exceeding five years...
I beg to move Amendment No. 101, in page 41, line 7, after 'shall' to insert 'not'. This is a nice, brief Amendment for this time of night; and may I take the opportunity of saying an omnibus...
I beg to move Amendment No. 70, in page 42, line 30, to leave out 'by them for' and to insert 'for relevant'. This Amendment, with subsequent Amendments, provides that where action is taken...
I beg to move Amendment 73, in page 44, line 37, to leave out 'development' and to insert: 'material development as defined in the Land Commission Act 1967 and in statutory instruments made under...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 75, in page 50, line 30, at the end to insert: For purposes of this subsection a tenancy granted to the tenant of the house under a tenancy granted by way of...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 76, in page 54, line 28, after 'claimant' to insert: '(whether before or after the making of the claim)'. The Amendment meets a point raised with us by the Law...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 104, in page 56, line 16, after second 'day ' to insert: '(not earlier than two years from the passing of this Act)'. This Clause brings the Bill into operation on an...
Amendment made: No. 79, in page 58, line 21, after 'applies' insert: 'and the property is required for relevant development within the meaning of section 28;'.—[Mr. Willey.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 81, in page 64, line 11, at the end, to insert: ', and he shall deal directly with the claimant if the claimant by written notice given to him and to the reversioner...
I beg to move Amendment No. 87, in page 70, line 48, after 'subject' to insert: 'to any statutory requirements as to payment of capital money arising under a settlement or a disposition on trust...
Amendments made: No. 89, in page 72, line 13, leave out 'given' and insert 'made'.
Amendment made: No. 97, in page 82, 82, line 8, after 'purposes', insert '(other than investment purposes)'.
Mr. Simon Wingfield Digby, Mr. Maurice Edelman, Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles, Miss Joan Lestor and Mr. John Pardoe to have leave of absence to present, on behalf of this House, a bookcase containing...
Mr. Austen Albu, Sir John Hobson, Sir John Langford-Holt and Mr. Geoffrey Rhodes to have leave of absence to present, on behalf of this House, a Speaker's Chair to the National Assembly of...
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]
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