§ MR. ROBSON (South Shields)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is willing to direct or recommend the overseers collecting the poor rate to receive part payment thereof in cases where the ratepayer refuses or omits to pay the whole rate.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) It rests with the overseers to decide whether they will or will not receive part payment of a poor rate in any particular case in which the ratepayer refuses or omits to pay the whole rate, and I am not prepared to interfere with their discretion in the matter.