MR. PRITCHARD MORGANI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the condition of the road between Hirwain and Cwmsmintan, in Glamorganshire; whether it is the duty of the County Council of Glamorganshire 384 or the County Council of Brecknockshire to see to its repair; and whether any and what steps have been taken by the Local Government Board to bring pressure; to bear upon the authorities responsible for the condition of such road?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The Local Government Board in March last received a complaint from a Member of the Penderyn Parish Council as to the road referred to. The Board communicated with the County Councils of Glamorgan and Brecon on the subject, and the Brecon-shire County Council, in May last, informed the Board that the liability of repair was a matter in dispute between the two counties, and that the question was about to be settled by arbitration. The Board have not received any further communication on the subject. The question as to the liability to repair is not one which the Board have any jurisdiction to determine, and I cannot undertake to express any opinion on the question in the case referred to.
MR. PRITCHARD MORGANWill the hon. Gentlemen promise that the Board will do all it can to get this road repaired?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARDCertainly.