HC Deb 20 December 1888 vol 332 cc870-1
MR. COBB (Warwick, S.E, Rugby)

asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether, as the period has now expired during which Sanitary Authorities can advertise that it is their intention to make application for acquiring land compulsorily for allotments under "The Allotments Act, 1887," he can state how many of such proposed applications have been advertised, and the names of the Sanitary Authorities proposing to make them?

THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)

The period during which Sanitary Authorities can advertise their intention to apply to the Local Government Board for a Provisional Order for the compulsory purchase of land for allotments under the Allotments Act has expired; but the Board have no information as to the cases in which advertisements are issued until they receive the application for a Provisional Order. The time during which such applications may be made will not expire until the 31st of December.