§ MR. BURDETT-COUTTS (Westminster)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, how many local authorities in the metropolis have applied to the Local Government Board since last December for the transfer of powers under Section 33 of the Local Government Act, 1894; how many Orders have been issued upon such applications; by what date it is expected that the issue of Orders, or other determinations of the Local Government Board, will be communicated to the other applying authorities; and, what is the cause of the delay in dealing with such applications?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREOut of 700 applications which the Local Government Board have received for a transfer 811 of powers under the section, about 20 relate to London. The Board have dealt with 565 of these applications so far as the power to appoint Overseers is concerned, and in 17 of such cases they have conferred this power on London Vestries. There are about 12 applications from local authorities in London relating to other matters and these are now being dealt with. The Board are communicating, where necessary, with the parties interested in the proposals, and their decision will be given as early as practicable.