in line 41, at the end, by inserting the words "or from year to year"--(Mr. Solicitor-General). Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 187-188, agreed to. Clause 189. An Amendment made, in page 188, lines 21 and 22, by leaving out the word "twenty-four," and by inserting the word "twenty-five"-(Mr. Solicitor-General), -- instead thereof. Clause, as amended, agreed to. Postponed Clause 84. Amendments made, in page 67, line 12, and in page 68, line 11, by leaving out the words "under seal"; and in page 68, line 16, at the end, by inserting the words "under seal"-(Mr. Solicitor-General). New Clause ("Amendment of 34 and 35 Vict., c. 31, s. 7")-(Lieut.-Colonel John Ward),-brought up, and read the first and second time, and added to the Bill. New Clause ("Right of distress on liquidation of limited company ")-(Mr. Dennis Herbert),-brought up, and read the first time as follows: "Notwithstanding anything contained in The Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, in any case in which a limited company is in possession of any land under a disposition made by a tenant in breach of a covenant contained in the lease under which he holds then the lessor or other the person entitled in reversion expectant on the determination of such lease shall have the same right of distress for arrears of rent on the liquidation of such company as he would have on the bankruptcy of an individual tenant." Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause be read a second time.' Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 66 New Clause (" Application of insurance money on completion of a sale "-(Mr. Dennis Herbert),-brought up, and read the first and second time, and added to the Bill. Schedule 1, agreed to. Schedule 2. "; Amendments made, in page 194, line 32, after the word "but," by inserting the words "subject to the term, or terms, vested in such first or other prior mortgagee and " in page 196, line 10, after the word " mortgage," by inserting the words "but subject to the term, or terms, vested in such first or other prior mortgagee "-(Mr. Dennis Herbert); and in page 196, line 35, after the word "leaseholds," by inserting the words "and to leaseholds for lives" -(Mr. Solicitor-General). Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 3. An Amendment proposed, in page 204, line 45, to leave out from the word "manner" to the end of the paragraph -(Sir Thomas Bramsdon).-Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Schedule." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, Schedule agreed to. Schedules 4-6, agreed to. Schedule 7. An Amendment made, in page 234, line 21, at the end, by inserting the words "or search "-(Sir Thomas Bramsdon). Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Schedules 8-10, agreed to. Schedule 11. Amendments made. Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Schedules 12-14, agreed to. Schedule 15. An Amendment made, in page 282, line 4, at the end, by inserting the words : 66 (3) If a dispute as to the amount for which any annual instalment of additional rent ought to be commuted is submitted to the Minister, and if the lessor would (under the lease or underlease subsisting at the commencement of this Act, or any lease or underlease which would have been subsisting if this Act had not been passed and the successive renewable leases or underleases had been renewed in the ordinary course) have had a right to refuse renewal by reason of a default in payment of a fine, then the Minister shall, in the arbitration, have regard to the value of such right (unless compensation has been given for the loss of the right) in like manner as if a corresponding absolute right to determine the term or sub-term created by this Act had, by reason of a corresponding default, been made exerciseable by the lessor at the time at which the renewable lease or underlease would have expired if the lessor had lawfully refused to renew it "-(Mr. Solicitor-General). Schedule, as amended, agreed to. Schedule 16, agreed to. Ordered To Report the Bill, as amended, to the House. Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE FROM STANDING COMMITTEE A ON THE Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Bill WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, LONDON: HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. 37, PETER STREET, MANCHESTER; 1, ST. ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF; 23, FORTH STREET, EDINBURGH; OR FROM EASON & SON, LTD., 40 & 41, LOWER SACKVILLE STREET, DUBLIN. STANDING COMMITTEE A. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL-Read a second time and committed to a Standing Committee on the 7th April, and allocated by Mr. Speaker to the Committee on the 10th April. The Committee was constituted as follows: Mr. HODGE, appointed Chairman 11th April. Hope, Sir Harry Jones, Sir Evan Kiley, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Lewis, Mr. T. A. Morrison, Mr. Hugh Newman, Sir Robert *Smith, Sir Malcolm Waddington, Mr. Wintringham, Mrs. *Wood, Sir Kingsley * Added in respect of the Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Bill. |