§ 106. Mr. H. Hyndasked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement showing the duties, powers and services transferred from the control of borough councils since June, 1945, and of new functions undertaken by them since that date.
§ Mr. BevanFollowing is a statement of the main changes which have taken place in the functions of non-county boroughs since June, 1945:
CHANGES IN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NON-COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCILS SINCE JUNE, 1945.
Services transferred to Central Departments.
- Hospitals.
- Maternity homes.*
Services transferred to area boards.
- Electricity undertakings.*
Services transferred to county councils.
- Ambulance services.
- Child life protection.*
- Maternity and child welfare, and midwifery services.*
- Miscellaneous powers for prevention of illness.
- Police.* (Except for Peterborough and Cambridge.)
- Town and country planning.
New and enlarged functions.
- Civil restaurants—war-time powers in connection with "British Restaurants" replaced by permanent legislation.
- Entertainments.
- Information and publicity with regard to local government services.
- Rent control of furnished dwellings where, tribunals have been established—keeping registers of rents fixed, referring cases to tribunals, instituting proceedings for offences.
* Indicates powers which were possessed by only a limited number of non-county boroughs.