§ Mr. Stokesasked the Minister of Health whether the Bebington Corporation has now agreed to acquire the whole of the lane amounting to 12 acres at the May-fields New Ferry for the purpose of a refuse tip; at whose expense this land has been excavated to a depth of 35 feet; and at what price this land will now be acquired and what was its previous net rateable value?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThe corporation have submitted to me for confirmation a compulsory purchase order enabling them to acquire a site of II acres at The May-fields. The existing excavation is, I understand, the result of use of the land by the West Cheshire Brickworks Company, who have been working it as a clay pit. If the order is confirmed the price will be the subject of arbitration. The land formed part of a larger property and was not separately rated.