§ MR. DALY (Monaghan, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will direct the Local Government Board to issue an order empowering district councils in Ireland to fix the area of charge for sinking a pump or other sanitary work in an electoral division as was the case with boards of guardians before the passing of the Local Government Act.
§ MR. G. W. BALFOURThe hon. Member is mistaken in supposing that there has been any change in the law of the kind indicated in the question, although it is true that the policy of the Local Government Board has been to fix 1105 an entire rural district as the area for small public health charges. This policy, in my opinion, is a wise one, and it received the approval of a large majority of the district councils in Ireland. But under the provisions of the Bill I am about to introduce, the entire rural district will only be made the area for such charges with the consent of the local authority.