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ANNEX B

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BILLS WHICH IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO ADD TO THE 1950 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME IN THE EVENT OF A

LENGTHY SESSION

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Department

Bill

Lord Chancellor's Leasehold

Department

Enfranchisement

Ministry of

Marginal Land

Agriculture

and Fisheries

Board of Trade

Accountants

Ministry of Town

and Country

Planning

Remarks

The report of the Leasehold

Committee is now expected to be presented at the end of this year and it may be desirable to introduce legis- lation as a result of this, though it seems doubtful whether the Bill could be drafted in time.

A Bill to provide assistance

for the improvement of marginal land of a more extensive character than is possible under the existing marginal land production

scheme.

There is little

doubt that such a Bill would prove popular in rural areas.

The accountancy profession have already prepared a Bill which they had hoped might be spon- sored by a Private Member. It is designed to give them an enhanced professional status and the Board of Trade might be willing to take the Bill over as a Government

measure.

Town and Country A Bill to amend the 1947 Act. Planning

The Ministerial Committee which has been set up to consider the principles on which development charges are determined might produce recommendations which would have some attraction.

On

the other hand this is an extremely intricate branch of the law and any proposals for amendment require the most careful consideration.

Drafting would of course be difficult and it might be very hard to restrict the scope of the Bill so as to prevent undesirable criticism or amendments.

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