§ MR. C. B. HARMSWORTH (Worcestershire, Droitwich)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the inconvenience occasioned by the refusal of his Department to sanction a loan of £435 applied for by the Bromsgrove Rural District Council in respect of private street improvement works carried out and completed in the parishes of Hagley and Clent, and to the fact that the plans and specifications for such works received the sanction of a court of summary juris- 1338 diction, sitting at the court house, Stourbridge, he will consider the possibility of revising the decision of which complaint is made.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) A local inquiry was held on this subject by one of the inspectors of the Local Government Board, and it appeared that the works could not be regarded as satisfactory. I have carefully considered the matter, but I regret that I do not see my way to sanctioning the loan desired.