HC Deb 05 May 1914 vol 62 cc138-9W
Mr. RENDALL

asked the President of the Local Government Board whether an inspector of the Board held an inquiry at Warmley, Gloucestershire, into the proposed construction of a sewage drain for the civil parish of Syston, in January, 1913; whether property owners and school managers attended that inquiry to object to the proposal unless an undertaking was given that that section of the work between Warmley railway station and Bridgegate should be laid as soon as the remainder was completed; whether the inspector thereupon asked the chairman of the parochial committee if that condition was agreed to and was answered in the affirmative; whether the rest of the drain has long been laid, but the council

decline to proceed with the section referred to; and, if these facts are correct, will he exert his influence with the council to get the undertaking which was given carried out forthwith?

Mr. HERBERT SAMUEL

I have been in communication with the clerk, and am informed by him that the Warmley Rural District Council have heavy claims before them for compensation in respect of the portion of the sewers completed, and that they think they would not be acting justly to the ratepayers if they proceeded with the other portion until they have settled their financial responsibility in respect of the first portion. I am given to understand that, when this has been settled, the council will give their attention to the remainder. I will see that the matter is not lost sight of.