§ Sir R. ASSHETON CROSSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether any application has been made to him by the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London under the Act of this Session amending the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Acts, 1875–1879; and, what steps, if any, the Commissioners of Sewers are taking under that Act?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT,in reply, said, that he had received a letter from the Commissioners of Sewers stating that steps were being taken for erecting dwellings, in accordance with the Artizans' Dwellings Acts, on the Petticoat Square site, and that the works would be commenced soon.
§ SIR R. ASSHETON CROSSasked the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, What steps are being now taken by the Board under the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Acts, 1875–1879, as amended by the Act of this Session?
§ SIR JAMES M'GAREL-HOGGI beg to inform my right hon. Friend that the Metropolitan Board of Works have 362 given instructions for the preparation of draft schemes, under the Amending Act of last Session, with regard to four areas, situated in Lambeth, St. George-in-the-East, Limehouse, and Greenwich respectively. The orders of the Board are now being carried out; and if the schemes are approved by the Home Secretary, they will be ready to be submitted to Parliament for confirmation in the Session of 1883.