§ Mr. ESSEXasked the President of the Local Government Board whether any action has been or is being taken, and, if so, what, by the authority empowered to make inspection under the Housing and Town Planning Act for the parishes of Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-Water, and Tetbury, in the county of Gloucester?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns)I have made inquiries and am informed that, as regards Stow-on-the-Wold, the work of inspection is in hand in respect of certain areas, and a report by the medical officer of health is about to be submitted to the urban district council; as regards Moreton-in-the-Marsh, a systematic inspection is now in progress, thirty houses having been inspected under the Act; as regards Bourton-on-the-Water, no inspection has yet been made under the Act, as the local authority are at present dealing with other parts of their district; and as regards Tetbury, the work of inspection is proceeding, and considerable progress has been made.