§ SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state or give in a Return the number of compulsory hiring orders for land issued by county councils and the number confirmed up to date by the Local Government Board under The Local Government Act, 1894, and the number of applications made by urban authorities for parish council powers, and the number of cases in which these have been granted by the Local Government Board.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The number of compulsory hiring orders issued by county councils under Section 10 of The Local Government Act, 1894, and submitted to the Local Government Board for confirmation, is thirty-nine. Of these thirty-three have been confirmed by the Board. The precise number of applications made by urban authorities to have conferred upon them the powers of a parish council under the section referred to could not be ascertained without considerable labour. The powers have been given in forty-eight cases.