§ MR. STUART-WORTLEY (Sheffield, Hallam)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will propose an Amendment to Standing Order 183A, whereby it is provided that promoters of Private Bills shall not, in exercise of any power of taking lands, purchase or acquire houses occupied by persons belonging to the labouring class without making provisions for rehousing such persons, by inserting after the word "acquire" the words "and demolish," in order that in cases where (as, for instance, under Section 93 of "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845,") promoters are 256 obliged to acquire, but have no occasion to demolish, the labouring class occupiers may remain undisturbed, and the promoters may not be obliged to erect unnecessary new dwellings?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREI do not contemplate proposing that the Standing Order referred to should be altered. It is the practice of the Local Government Board in determining the accommodation that should be provided by schemes submitted to them under provisions in accordance with the Standing Order to take into consideration the number of houses which the Company or Authority may propose to acquire but do not intend to demolish.
§ MR. STUART-WORTLEYHave not cases occurred in which promoters have been obliged to provide artisans dwelling, although none have been displaced?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREI believe that is so, but at the same time I do not think it desirable to alter the Standing Order.