§ MR. LEON (Bucks, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, if a prima facie case is made out for conferring upon an Urban District Council the powers of a Parish Council in an application under Section 33 of "The Local Government (England and Wales) Act, 1894," the Local Government Board will forthwith make an Order granting such powers without necessarily holding any local inquiry? [The hon. MEMBER, in putting the question, said that by an alteration made at the Table after he handed the paper in the Bill was incorrectly described, and that the words "England and Wales" were improperly added.]
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe alteration was not made at the Table.
§ *MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member must have misunderstood. I have the best means of knowing that the alteration was not made at the Table.
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREThe question as to the necessity for a local inquiry with regard to an application under Section 33 of the Local Government Act, 1894, must depend in each case upon the provisions to which the application applies, the probability of opposition, and the circumstances generally. I cannot lay down any general rule.