HC Deb 23 March 1920 vol 127 cc256-7
82. Major BOYD-CARPENTER

asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Bradford city council in voting £1,000 of the ratepayers' money to the relief of poor children in Vienna; and whether any action can be taken to protect the ratepayers from this and similar compulsory levies?

Lieut.-Colonel STANLEY

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The accounts in question are not subject to Government audit, but it is open to ratepayers who desire to object to expenditure either to apply for a writ of certiorari, under which the order for payment would be removed into the High Court, or to apply to the High Court for an injunction.