HC Deb 10 March 1884 vol 285 cc1037-8
MR. BRODRICK

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What conclusion the Government have arrived at as to meeting, the difficulties of local authorities in obtaining land for new cemeteries; and, whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation on the subject during the present Session?

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT

, in reply, said, he was not aware that any practical difficulties had arisen in the way of burial boards getting ground for new cemeteries. Difficulties had arisen on other points; but he was not aware that there had been any difficulty as to the physical acquisition of land.