HC Deb 12 July 1897 vol 50 cc1596-7
MR. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE (Sussex, Horsham)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, if he intends during the present Session of Parliament to bring in a Bill to deal with the legal difficulties with regard to the exercise of borrowing powers by joint burial committees appointed under Section 53 of The Local Government Act, 1894, which in August of last rear the Board stated, in answer to an application from the Horsham Burial District Joint Committee, required legislation to meet them?

MR. CHAPLIN

I have haul short Bill prepared on the subject, and. I will consult with my right hon. Friend, the Leader of the House, as to tile possibility of introducing and fussing it during the present session.