Major BARNESasked the President of the Local Government Board what steps, if any, he proposes to take to secure that the provincial areas delineated for the purposes of administering the provisions of Bills passed in this Parliament shall, as far as possible, be coterminous?
§ Major ASTORAs the hon. and gallant Member will realise, the point he raises does not concern any single Minister alone. I have no doubt, however, that the desirability of co-ordination will be generally recognised.
Major BARNESasked the President of the Local Government Board if the provincial areas into which the country is divided for the purpose of administering the Housing Bill are coterminous with provincial areas adopted for the administration of the valuation provisions of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, and, if not, what principle, if any, has governed the delimitation of those areas?
§ Major ASTORThe ten provincial areas, excluding London, assigned to Housing Commissioners are made up of groupings of counties arranged with regard to housing requirements. There are 100 valuation districts, and these generally have been formed with regard to county boundaries.