§ MR. ADKINS (Lancashire, Middleton)To ask the President of the Local Government Board what steps the Board are prepared to take in view of the varying practice of Parliamentary Committees with regard to the adjustment of financial relations between county boroughs and county councils when the rateable value and cost of administration of the county area are affected by the extension of a county borough; and whether the Government will appoint a Special Committee or a Joint Committee of both Houses to consider the questions raised by the decisions of the House of Lords 1959 in Caterham Urban District Council v. Godstone Rural District Council and in Durham County Council v. West Hartlepool Corporation.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) This matter is receiving my attention; but I have not at present arrived at a decision with regard to it.