HC Deb 30 March 1905 vol 143 c1720
MR. CATHCART WASON (Orkney and Shetland)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if, in view of the fact that the building by-laws are more stringent in certain rural districts than in the county of London, he will take steps to compel their withdrawal, and issue practically uniform reasonable building regulations.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. GERALD BALFOUR, Leeds, Central)

The subject of building by-laws in rural districts is receiving my attention; but I am not empowered to compel the withdrawal of existing by-laws or to issue building regulations in their place.