§ SIR CHARLES DILKE (Gloucester, Forest of Dean)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, when the powers of Parish Councils will be conferred upon District Councils of parishes, technically urban, but really more rural than the average of rural parishes, such as Westbury-on-Severn; and, whether he is aware of the anxiety which exists in many parishes for this extension of powers?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. G. J. SHAW LEFEVRE, Bradford, Central)The Local Government Board have conferred upon the Westbury-on-Severn Urban District Council the power of appointing overseers, and they are in communication with the District Council and the overseers as to the further powers which the Council wish conferred upon them. The case shall be disposed of as early as practicable.