The Landlord and Tenant Bill was read for the third
time in the House of Commons on Thursday, November 17th. Sir Vivian Henderson, who spoke for the first time from the front bench, said that the Bill was true to Conservative tradition. Its principles had been advocated by Lord Long as long ago as 1913. It gave Valuable new rights to tenants. How ridiculous, then, to say that it was " dictated by landlords " ! Mr. Dalton, on behalf of the Labour Party; said that the establishment of the principle of compensating tenants for the loss of goodwill and the enforcement of fair rents were the thin end of a sound wedge. When the Labour Party got their chance- they would make the Bill retrospective, extend' it to all kinds of premises, and ensure that the benefits recovered from landlords should go to the community instead of being merely handed over to another class.
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