§ Mr. SMITHERSasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the delay in the rearrangement of the Kent County districts, so far as it concerns West Wickham, has caused the Bromley Rural District Council to refuse an application made by the majority of frontagers on the Park Langley Estate, West Wickham, for the roads on that estate to be made up; and whether, in view of the fact that a £30,000 work scheme involving no charge on local or national finances is thus put aside, he can state his intentions with regard to the districts involved?
Sir H. YOUNG:I am not aware that the facts are as stated in the first part of the question, but I will ascertain. I see no reason why the proposals relating to the county districts should stop work of the kind. As regards the second part of the question, a local inquiry has been held by one of my inspectors into the proposals of the Kent County Council, but I have not yet received his report.