HC Deb 12 May 1899 vol 71 cc490-1
MR. STEPHENS (Middlesex, Hornsey)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, under the operation of; the London Government Bill, in the case I of parishes which may be included in a borough created under the Bill, the benefits of charities now exclusively belonging to such parishes would pass over to the borough in which they may be included, or whether such charities would continue, as heretofore, to be enjoyed exclusively by the parish to which they now belong.

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)

In answer to my honourable friend, I have to say that no transfer of the legal status of the trust will affect the beneficiaries of the trust in any way, or, in other words, it would not injure those for whose benefit the Trust now exists.