§ 42. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Minister of Health if he will consider the desirability of suggesting to local authorities, particularly at the seaside, that they should examine their by-laws now in progress with the object of discarding many regulations which tend to restrict the amenities of holiday visitors; whether he is aware that Paignton has recently expressed itself on these lines; and, if so, what action his Department proposes to take?
Sir H. YOUNGI am aware that Paignton has expressed itself in favour of discarding restrictions on the amenities of holiday visitors; and other local authorities also have fallen in with the suggestion consistently urged by my predecessors and myself, that restrictions should be as few as possible. The publicity given by my hon. and gallant Friend's question and this reply will, I hope, stimulate them still further to review any old-fashioned requirements still existing in their by-laws, which may have the effect of unnecessarily diminishing opportunites for healthful and innocent recreation.
§ Sir P. HARRISWill the right hon. Gentleman consider issuing model bylaws?