§ MR. BURT (Morpoth)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has sanctioned the purchase of forty acres of land for £8,000 at Ongar by the Hackney Board of Guardians, on which to build a village community for the children chargeable to that board; and whether, in view of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee, he will decline to permit more than two cottages to be placed in close proximity.
§ MR. CHAPLINThe answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the negative. We have had an application; but the matter is not yet disposed of. With regard to the second paragraph, no definite proposals are before the Local Government Board; but they would no doubt adhere to their usual practice in the matter.