I beg leave to introduce this Bill standing in my name and in the names of Deputy Keyes, Deputy Dowdall, and Deputy Daly. It is a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931, and to make provision for the further improvement and amelioration of tenants in urban areas and certain other tenants; and for that purpose to amend the law relating to compensation for improvements made by such tenants and to disturbance of such tenants; and to make further provision for the renewal of tenancies in urban areas; and the granting of reversionary leases; and to make other provisions in relation to landlords and tenants in urban areas; including the acquisition by tenants of the reversionary interests in their tenancies. May I inquire, Sir, if it is the intention of the Government to oppose it?
Landlord and Tenant Bill, 1939—First Stage.
We oppose it.
The Bill will, therefore, be taken in Private Deputies' time. As there is a motion already under way, and there is also a Private Deputies' Bill on the Order Paper, this Bill will rank after No. 15 on to-day's Order Paper.
I should like to make a short statement.
No statement is permissible at this stage.