§ MR. W. LONGI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, in view of the fact that the Local Government Board have signified their approval of the extension of the boundary of the City of Liverpool in the scheme agreed between the City Council and the Local Board Authorities, including the municipal representation of the extended portions, he will put forward at once the Provisional Order for this purpose, without waiting for the consideration of the re-division of the wards within the present boundaries of the city; and whether he is aware that important sanitary works in the out districts are being kept in abeyance, awaiting the result of the application for the extension?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREThe questions which have been raised with regard to the Ward Divisions in the City of Liverpool must be considered in connection with the issue of a Provisional Order, and I am not prepared to make an Order with regard to the proposed extension until these questions have been determined.