HC Deb 19 July 1911 vol 28 cc1036-7
Mr. SNOWDEN

asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the fact that at Blackburn, which has a population of 133,000, land adjoining the cemetery was recently sold by public auction at the rate of £56 an acre, and at Malton, which has a population of about 5,000, the burial board has had to pay at the rate of £234 an acre for land for extension of the cemetery; and will he introduce legislation to make the valuation of land under the Finance Act the basis of the price to be paid for land required for public purposes?

The PRIME MINISTER

My attention has been called to cases of the kind to which the hon. Member refers, but I am afraid that I cannot, at the moment, give any promise of legislation.