§ SIR W. J. COLLINS (St. Pancras, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the London and North Western Railway Company has, in pursuance of Section 50 of the London and North Western Railway Act of 1900 and Section 21 of the London and North Western Railway Act of 1903, submittedand obtained theapproval of the Local Government Board to a scheme for providing new dwellings for the accommodation of persons of the labouring class, in lieu of the houses acquired under the said Acts in the metropolitan borough of St. Pancras; and, if not, whether any action is being taken by the company to fulfil its obligation.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS,) BatterseaThe company have not obtained the approval of the Local Government Board to a scheme for the purpose mentioned in the Question. I am informed that the company have not incurred any obligation under the sections of the local Acts referred to, inasmuch as they have not at present acquired under those Acts twenty houses occupied by persons of the labouring class, but I am assured that there is no intention on their part to do this without fulfilling the conditions attaching to such acquisition.