HC Deb 22 April 1890 vol 343 c1076
MR. JAMES ELLIS (Leicestershire, Bosworth)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether the power of levying the police rate rests with the County Council or the Standing Joint Committee?

THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. LONG,) Wilts, Devizes

The power rests with the County Council and not with the Standing Joint Committee.