107. Mr. E. P. Smithasked the Minister of Health if he will take steps so to amend the L.C.C. General Powers Act (1947) as to enable civic authorities to sponsor and support theatrical productions given under cover as well as in the open air, bearing in his mind the vagaries of the English climate.
§ Mr. BevanThis is a local Act and any question of petitioning Parliament for its amendment would be a matter for the local authorities concerned.