Clause 4. — (Land affected by Government war work or damaged by Government war use.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 April 1945.

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Photo of Mr Charles Williams Mr Charles Williams , Torquay 12:00, 11 April 1945

The Amendment which has been selected is fairly wide and we can discuss a lot of these matters on it. It was selected with great consideration so as to give a reasonably wide discussion on a matter of great im- portance. The question of local authorities will come in, not so much on this Amendment, as on the Amendment in the name of the Noble Lady the Member for Central Bristol (Lady Apsley), in page 2, line 48, at end, add: (3) This Section shall not apply to land belonging to a local authority or to land belonging to a statutory undertaking for the purposes of its undertaking.(4) In this Section "undertaking" includes any of the following undertakings, the carrying on of which is authorised by any public or private Act of Parliament or of any Order or scheme made under or defined by any such Act—

  1. (a) railway, light railway, tramway, road transport, water transport, canal, inland navigation air navigation, dock, harbour, pier and lighthouse undertakings;
  2. (b) undertakings for the supply of electricity, gas, hydraulic power, or water."