MR. HENEAGEI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government have considered the very serious expenditure which is incurred by the Local Authorities of seaport towns and fishing villages in taking special precautions, by order of the Local Government Board, to prevent the introduction of cholera; and whether they will be prepared to assist such Local Authorities to defray the cost of such special precautious as are taken in the interest of the whole country in regard to the inspection of vessels at sea, provision for isolation of patients in hospital ships, and- the disinfection of vessels at sea?
SIR W. HARCOURTThis question was discussed many times in the course of last year, and I have nothing to add to what I then said.
MR. HENEAGEWere not the three specific subjects mentioned in my question agreed on by the late President of the Local Government Board and the 80 Members who waited on him last year?
SIR W. HARCOURTI think not, I have already stated that the ports had not established any special claim as apart from the other parts of the Kingdom; and I have no reason to depart from that, opinion.