§ 60. Mr. MARDY JONESasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have presented petitions for charters of incorporation as municipal boroughs since 1919 to date, giving the name of each such local authority; and which of these local authorities are seeking municipal borough powers for their existing local government areas without encroaching upon any portion of the areas of adjoining authorities?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)As the answer is long, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The following is the information desired by the hon. Member Number of applications (since 1919), 17: charters granted (to the end of August, 1922), 7 (the Boroughs of Gosport, Acton, Lytham St. Anne's, Aldershot, Redcar, Blyth and Watford); the remaining 10 cases are Farnham, Tipton, Walthamstow, Leyton, Hebburn, Eston, Ilford, Twickenham, Pontypridd and Hoylake and West Kirby, and consideration of these applications has been deferred pending the report of the Royal Commission on Local Govern- 2201 ment. In one case, two separate urban districts were incorporated in one borough (Lytham St. Anne's); in the other cases, the applications for incorporation did not involve extensions of boundaries, but the boundaries of the urban districts were extended in the case of Watford shortly before incorporation and in the case of Farnham after the petition was presented.