§ MR. AKERS-DOUGLAS (Kent, Canterbury)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has yet received the Report of Mr. Walton, the Local Government Board Inspector, seat down to conduct the in- 1606 quiry into the causes which led to the calamitous subsidence of land at Sandgate; and, if so, whether he is able to state the nature of such Report, or will he lay the Papers upon the Table of the House; whether it has been the usual practice when an inquiry involves so difficult and technical a question to send down two Inspectors; and whether it is intended to hold any further and more exhaustive inquiry?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERI have received the Report of Mr. Walton, the Local Government Board Inspector, who, at the request of the Local Board, visited Sandgate on Monday last. A copy of the Report has been sent to the Local Board, and I shall have no objection to lay the Report on the Table of the House if it is moved for. It has not been the practice in such a case to send two Inspectors. I do not contemplate any further inquiry with regard to the causes of the subsidences.