§ MR. LABOUCHEREasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has observed that it is intended to sell about four acres of Epping Forest to the Woodford Local 859 Board; and, whether such sale is not in contravention of "The Epping Forest Act, 1878," s. 7, sub-section 2, which says—
Subject to the provisions of this Act the Conservators shall not sell, demise, or otherwise alienate any part of the Forest?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTsaid, he had received information from the City authorities that this land was taken by the Woodford Local Board under the compulsory powers conferred upon them by the Public Health Act of 1882. The civic authorities, therefore, had no option in the matter.