HC Deb 21 June 1892 vol 5 c1728
MR. DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the County Councils having claimed the footways along the main roads are liable to repair and keep them in order after the decision in the case of "Local Board of Warminster v. County Council of Wilts," which was to the effect that the footpaths form part of the main roads which they adjoin?

*THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE,) Tower Hamlets, St. George's

My hon. Friend uses the phrase "County Councils having claimed the footways along the main roads." No claim has been made, the roads are vested in them and the footways are included. I can only state generally that it appears to me that it devolves upon the County Council to maintain and keep in repair any footway which, according to the decision of the Court in the Warminster case, forms part of a main road if the Sanitary Authority of the district in which it is included have not claimed to maintain such main road.

MR. PICTON (Leicester)

Are all roads vested in the County Councils?

*MR. RITCHIE

Only main roads.