They were ensuring, by subletting in this way, what all of us wished, namely, the cultivation of the croft.
The other point which gave me difficulty is that of covenants against assignments, subletting, making of improvements and change of user.
We have gone further in sweeping away petty regulations on lodgers and subletting which have restricted the freedom of local authority tenants for so long.
I am also worried about subletting and am concerned that we consider how we should deal with the value of improvements.
But there is an aspect of subletting which certainly does bring about considerable hardship.
The only funds you can reckon on are the small amounts you get by subletting drill halls.
Even the local authorities who forbid subletting turn a blind eye to the single man boarding in a council house.
Many families on them are denied the financial rewards and human involvement that subletting can bring.
