HC Deb 28 February 1896 vol 37 c1373
MR. H. HOBHOUSE (Somerset, E.)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, if it is intended that there shall be a double Inquiry on each application for a loan to a Parish Council under Section 12 of The Local Government Act, 1894, or whether the Local Government Board will, in the case of applications for small amounts and possessing no special features, give their consent to any loan sanctioned after inquiry by the County Council?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. HENRY CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, Sleaford

It appears to me, at present, that there must be an Inquiry by an inspector of the Local Government Board before the Board sanction the raising of a loan by a Parish Council, but there will be no objection to the attendance at the Inquiry of a representative of the County Council, where this is desired by the Council. I quite agree that it is certainly undesirable that there should be a double Inquiry.