§ MR. F. MACLEAN (in the absence of Sir EDWARD GREY)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that the churchyard at Wooler was to be closed by Order of the Queen in Council on 31st July, and that no new burial ground has been provided, he will take steps to see that suitable provision for burials is made in proper time?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)The operation of the Order in Council in question has, on the application of the Vicar, and with the approval of the Inspector, been postponed till the 30th of November next. In the meantime, I hope that arrangements will be made for the provision of a new burial ground. I have no power to compel a parish to provide a new burial ground. All that I can do is to call the attention of the authorities to what the law requires when a burial ground is closed by Order in Council, and this I have already done in this particular instance.