§ MR. STANLEY LEIGHTON (Shropshire, Oswestry)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in reference to the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill, he will give the following information to the House before the Second Reading: the number of parishes and of rural sanitary districts situate partly within and partly without a county; the number of parishes situate partly within and partly without a rural sanitary district; the number of parishes with a population of less than 300; an estimate of the number of electors under the Bill who, through the operation of the Compounding Acts, will pay no rates directly; and the amount of parochial endowments which will be transferred to the Parish Councils under the Bill, and the amount which will not be transferred under the exemption relating to ecclesiastical charities, according to counties?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERA Return will be immediately laid on the Table which will give the information asked for in the first three paragraphs of the question. I am not able to give any information as to the other matters referred to in the question.