§ MR. S. WOODS (Lancashire, Ince)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that in the counties of Surrey and Kent some of the parish councils established under the 1894 Act have purchased land for small allotments at sums varying from £8 to £9 per acre, the price of such land previously only being at the rate of from 30s. to 35s. per acre; and, if he is not in possession of this information, will he make inquiry into the matter, and lay a Report thereon upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREI have no information on this subject, and I do not know what parishes are referred to. I may, however, point out to my hon. Friend that a parish council is not empowered by the Local Government Act, 1894, to purchase land for allotments. The Act only enables them to hire it.