HC Deb 21 February 1901 vol 89 cc706-7
MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the cause of the delay by the Board of Works in issuing to the Boyle Town Commissioners the loan of £1,800 for erecting houses by virtue of the Provisional Order obtained last July under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, this loan having been sanctioned by the Local Government Board; and whether he can state when the first instalment will be placed to the credit of the town commissioners.

MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN

There has been no avoidable delay. No application for a loan was received from the town commissioners till the 24th January. Treasury sanction has now been given, and the first instalment will be issued as soon as the legal formalities are completed.