§ MR. J. BIGWOOD (Middlesex, Brentford)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the inadequate representation of the precinct of Norwood, Middlesex, upon the Board of Guardians of the Uxbridge Union; and if so, whether he would be disposed to 1131 sanction an increase of the representation of Norwood upon that Board commensurate with and in proportion to the common fund of the Union?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. HENRY CHAPLIN,) Lincolnshire, SleafordThe number of Guardians for the parishes in the Uxbridge Union has been fixed by the Middlesex County Council, and any application for an increased number of Guardians for the precinct should be brought under the attention of the County Council, who are empowered by Section 60 (1) of the Local Government Act, 1894, to increase the number of the Guardians if they consider there are sufficient grounds for such increase.