1 FEBRUARY 1952, Page 16

Rent Tribunals

Silt,—Having agreed to pay a rent for a house first let since 1939, a tenant can straightaway apply to a Rent Tribunal to say what a reason- able rent would be. If the Tribunal holds that a reasonable rent is less than the tenant has agreed to pay, the landlord has to take the lesser sum. If the Tribunal holds that a reasonable rent is more than the tenant has agreed to pay, the landlord has again to take the lesser sum. Although a member of the Labour Party for many years, I have still not been able to find justice in our policy on this particular matter.—