The Order of Adjournment is read. The Proceedings of Wednesday last are read. The Housing Bill [H.L.] is considered. Sir Frederick Liddell, K.C.B., Mr. M. L. Gwyer, c.в., Mr. J. M. Vallance, Mr. A. McKinna and Mr. J. C. Wrigley are called in and examined. (See Minutes of Evidence.) The Memorandum on the Bill is read and agreed to. Clauses 1 and 2 are postponed. Clauses 3 to 10 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 11 is postponed. Clauses 12 to 16 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 17 is postponed. Clauses 18 and 19 are read and agreed to. Clause 20 is read. 66 It is moved, page 13, line 21, to leave out any dispute arises between The same is agreed to. It is moved, page 18, line 22, to leave out "and" and insert "feels aggrieved at the decision of ". The same is agreed to. It is moved, page 18, line 25, to leave out "dispute shall" and insert "matter shall, on application for the purpose being made by such owner "or occupier". " and It is moved, page 46, line 31, to leave out "an annual rentcharge insert"a chief rent, rentcharge or other similar periodical payment ". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Ordered-That the Committee be adjourned to Monday, the 14th instant at 11.30 o'clock. The Order of Adjournment is read. The Proceedings of Wednesday last are read. The Housing Bill [H.L.] is again considered. Sir Frederick Liddell, K.O.B., Mr. M. L. Gwyer, c.B., Mr. J. M. Vallance, Mr. A. McKinna and Mr. J. Topping are called in and examined. (See Minutes of Evidence.) Sir Frederick Liddell, K.C.B., hands in a print of certain Amendments made to carry out the Committee's decisions. (See Minutes of Evidence.) It is moved to insert the following Amendments in accordance with the Committee's decisions of Wednesday last : Clause 1, page 1, lines 10 and 11, leave out "made after the third day of December nineteen hundred and nine ". Clause 1, page 1, line 17, after "shall" insert "notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary ". tenancy Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out "holding" and insert "tenancy Clause 1, page 1, line 20, leave out "holding " and insert 66 Clause 1, page 2, line 8, leave out "that term or " and insert three “years”. Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 9 to 17 inclusive. Clause 1, page 2, line 28, at end, insert as a new subsection: 66 (4) This section applies to a contract made either before or after "the commencement of this Act: "Provided that in the case of a house situate elsewhere than "in the administrative county of London or a borough or an "urban district with a population according to the last census "for the time being of fifty thousand or upwards, the rent "whereof exceeds sixteen pounds, this section shall not apply "if the contract was made before the thirty-first day of July "nineteen hundred and twenty-three." Clause 2, page 2, lines 31 to 33, leave out "current at or made after the "first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one ". Clause 2, page 2, lines 39 to 41, leave out "and as from the commence"ment of the occupation or from the said first day of January, whichever "date is the later ". Clause 2, page 3, line 8, at end, insert as a new subsection : "(2) This section shall apply whether the contract of employment was "entered into before or after the commencement of this Act, "but shall not apply in respect of any period during which the "house was occupied under any such contract before the first "day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one." Clause 17, page 14, line 18, leave out from "house" to "shall" in line 19. Clause 17, page 14, line 30, leave out (6 or ". Clause 17, page 14, line 31, leave out "(b) shall" and insert: (2) This section shall apply to any house commenced to be erected "after the third day of December, nineteen hundred and nine, 66 except that it shall not ". The same are agreed to. The Clauses, as amended, are agreed to. 66 Clauses 50 to 66* inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 67* is read. It is moved, page 50, line 4, after Act to insert "or any Act repealed by this Act". The same is agreed to. 66 It is moved, page 50, lines 7 and 8, after dwelling-houses to insert "so". The same is agreed to. It is moved, page 50, line 8, to leave out "under this Part of this Act ". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clause 68 is read and agreed to. Clause 69 is read. 66 It is moved, page 51, line 2, after Act, to insert or any Act repealed by this Act". It is moved, page 59, line 11, to leave out "and", and insert "The expenses incurred by a rural district Council under Part III of this Act shall be defrayed as general expenses, but ". The same is agreed to. 66 It is moved, page 59, line 12, to leave out a rural district" and insert the ". The same is agreed to. It is moved, page 59, line 13, to leave out "Part III of this Act," and insert "that Part ". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clause 83 is read and agreed to. Clause 84 is read. It is moved, page 60, line 34, after "purposes" to insert "or as expenses for special County purposes as the case may require: -Provided that any expenses incurred by a County Council, including the "London County Council, under Section Seventy of this Act shall be defrayed as expenses for general County purposes." The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 85 to 88 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 89 is read. It is moved, page 63, line 39, to leave out the first "the" and insert if the Minister makes a recommendation to that effect, the ". The same is agreed to. It is moved, page 63, line 39 and 40, and page 64, line 1, to leave out be any period not exceeding such period as may be ", and insert "exceed the period allowed under any enactment limiting the period for which loans may be made by the Commissioners, but the period shall not exceed the period ". 66 The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 90 to 97 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 98 is read. It is moved, page 69, line 25, to leave out "street" and insert "public "street or road ". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 99 to 107 inclusive are read and agreed to. *Note.-Clauses 66 and 67 were in fact dealt with subsequently, but have here been shown as amended to prevent confusion. Clause 108 is read. It is moved, page 75, line 39, after "scheme", to insert " public "streets or ". It is moved, page 75, line 44, after "the", page 76, line 16, after the first "the", and line 18, after the second "the". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 109 to 122 inclusive are read and agreed to. It is moved, page 82, to leave out lines 16, 17 and 18. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 124 to 136 inclusive are read and agreed to. The Housing (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] is then considered. It is moved that the following amendments be inserted in the Bill to bring it into conformity with the English Bill: Clause 1, page 1, lines 10 and 11, leave out "made after the third day "of December nineteen hundred and nine ". Clause 1, page 1, line 13, after "shall" insert " "stipulation to the contrary ". notwithstanding any Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out "holding" and insert "tenancy ". Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out "holding" and insert “ tenancy Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out "that period" and insert "three 46 years". Clause 1, page 2, line 14, at end, insert as a new sub-section: "(4) This section shall apply to a contract made either before or "after the commencement of this Act: "Provided that in the case of a house, the rent where of "exceeds sixteen pounds, this section shall not apply if the "contract was made before the thirty-first day of July nine"teen hundred and twenty-three." Clause 2, page 2, lines 17 and 18, leave out "current at or made after "the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one ". Clause 2, page 2, lines 25 to 27, leave out " and as from the commence"ment of the occupation or from the said first day of January, whichever "date is the later ". Clause 2, page 2, line 37, at end, insert as a new sub-section : "(2) This section shall apply whether the contract of employment 66 was entered into before or after the commencement of this "Act, but shall not apply in respect of any period during "which the house was occupied under any such contract before "the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one." The same are agreed to. The Clauses, as amended, are agreed to. Clauses 3 to 14 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 15 is read. It is moved, page 11, line 37, to leave out "purposes" and insert "purpose", and page 13, line 23, after "claimed", to insert "in "respect of land". The same are agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 16 to 20 inclusive are read and agreed to. Clause 21 is read. It is moved, page 16, lines 26 and 27, to leave out costs and ". The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Extension of Fower of making byelaws respecting houses divided into separate dwellings. 60 & 61 Vict. c. 3. Provisions as to expenses. Clause 22 is read. It is moved, page 17, lines 5 and 23, to leave out on being ", and insert" duly ". Clause 23 is read and agreed to. It is moved, after Clause 23, to insert new Clause: 24.-(1) The power of making and enforcing byelaws under section seventy-two of the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, with respect to houses or parts of houses which are let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, shall, in the case of houses intended for the working classes, extend to the making and enforcing of byelaws imposing any duty (being a duty which may be imposed by the byelaws and which involves the execution of work) upon the owner within the meaning of the said Act of the said house in addition to or in substitution for any other person having an interest in the premises, and prescribing the circumstances and conditions in and subject to which any such duty is to be discharged. (2) For the purpose of discharging any duty so imposed, the owner or other person may at all reasonable times enter upon any part of the premises, and section one hundred and five of this Act shall apply as if for the reference to the provisions of this Part of this Act there were substituted a reference to the provisions of such byelaws and as if the person on whom such duty is imposed were the owner and any inmate of the premises were the occupier of a dwelling-house. (3) Where an owner or other person has failed to execute any work which he has been required to execute under the byelaws, the local authority may, after giving to him not less than twenty-one days' notice in writing, themselves execute the works and recover the costs and expenses, and for that purpose the provisions of section three of this Act, with respect to the execution of works and the recovery of expenses by local authorities, shall apply, with such modifications as may be necessary. The consideration thereof is postponed. Clauses 24 and 25 are read and agreed to. Clause 26 is read. It is moved, page 20, line 15, to leave out from "district" to the first "or" in line 16. The same is agreed to. The Clause, as amended, is agreed to. Clauses 27 to 29, inclusive, are read and agreed to. Clause 30 is read and agreed to. It is moved, after Clause 30, to insert new Clause: 32.-(1) The Board may make such order as they think fit in favour of any person whose lands were proposed by the scheme to be taken compulsorily for the allowance of the reasonable costs, charges and expenses properly incurred by him in opposing such scheme. (2) All costs, charges, and expenses incurred by the Board in relation to any order under the last foregoing section to such amount as the Board think proper to direct, and all costs, charges, and expenses of any person to such amount as may be allowed to him by the Board in pursuance of the aforesaid power, shall be deemed to be an expense incurred by the local authority under this Part of this Act, and shall be paid to the Board and to such person respectively, in such manner and at such times and either in one sum or by instalments as the Board may order, with power for the Board to direct interest to be paid at such rate not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum as the Board may determine, upon any sum for the time being due in respect of such costs, charges, and expenses as aforesaid. |