§ * MR. LEWIS FRY (Bristol, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, having regard to the fact that the maximum period for the repayment of loans for the erection of poor law buildings is fixed by the Board at thirty years, although, under the Poor Law Act, 1897, the period of repayment may be extended to sixty years, and in view of the longer periods sanctioned by the Treasury and by the Education Department for the repayment of loans for industrial dwellings, schools, and the buildings, whether he will reconsider the rule in question with the view of extending the period of repayment in the case of poor law buildings of a permanent character.
§ MR. CHAPLINOnly eleven days ago I answered a precisely similar question, which was put to me by the hon. Member for the Walthamstow Division, † and I have nothing to add to what I said then— namely, that for the reasons which on several occasions I have stated to the House, I do not feel able to meet the wishes of the hon. Member.
† See page 414 of this volume.