§ MR. FINCH (Rutland)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the same provisions are intended to apply to a Poor Law Union situate in more than one county as are prescribed for a Rural Sanitary Authority 481 situate in more than one county, in Subsection (5), Clause 23, of the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill; and, in this case, if it will be competent for the Guardians of the Poor to make use of the present Union houses for all purposes of Poor Law administration until such time as any question which may have arisen with reference to boundaries has been definitely arranged?
SIR W. FOSTERWhen a rural sanitary district is situate in more than one county, such portion thereof as is situate in such county will, under the sub-section referred to in the question, become a separate rural district. No similar alteration is proposed to be made by the Bill in the boundaries of Poor Law Unions situate in more than one county. Any alterations in Union boundaries which may be required must be effected either by the Local Government Board under their existing powers or by the County Council under Subsection (3) of Clause 30 of the Bill.