§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the comments of the Lord Chief Justice in the case tried on the 9th and 14th June, wherein a compulsory order made by the Hammersmith Borough Council came under review; what was the expense incurred by the Ministry in connection therewith; and what is the explanation given by the responsible person or persons for the matter in question not having been attended to within the period allowed for consideration of appeals to the Ministry of Health?
§ Dr. ADDISONI have read the remarks of the Lord Chief Justice in the case referred to, who in discharging the rule nisi stated that any fault there might have been could not be imputed to my Department. The Ministry incurred certain costs not yet ascertained in appearing to show cause against the rule. The third part of the question is based upon a misapprehension. There is a fixed period for sending in objections to a compulsory order, but there is no time limit for the consideration of Kith objections, and I doubt whether the Court would have been troubled with the case in question if this fact had been appreciated by the objecting landowner. At the date of the application to the Court, the order of the Hammersmith Borough Council had not even been submitted to the Ministry for confirmation.