§ SIR RICHARD PAGET (Somerset, Wells)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether it is within the legal right of a Parish 108 Council or parish meeting to remove any existing stone, wooden, iron, or other stiles used in connection with rural footpaths which they may consider inconvenient, and to substitute therefor turnstiles or stiles of any character which may, in their opinion, be more suitable; and whether, if it be legal to remove such stiles as above-mentioned, the authority so removing them will be under a continuing obligation to keep the substituted stiles in repair?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREI am advised that a Parish Council have no right to remove or substantially alter an existing stile except with the consent of the owner of the land where it lies.