HC Deb 29 July 1964 vol 699 c335W
105. Commander Pursey

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when the pending appeals of a Chelsea ratepayer against the district auditor's decisions will be held.

Mr. Corfield

A date for the personal hearing requested by the ratepayer has not yet been fixed. The hearing will be held as soon as a day convenient to everyone concerned has been found.

106. Commander Pursey

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what are the grounds for his view that the Press should not be admitted to the hearing of the Chelsea ratepayer's appeals against the district auditor's decisions.

Mr. Corfield

My right hon. Friend's view that hearings of this kind are required to be held in private is based on advice which he has received on the construction of the words "personal hearing" in Section 231(2) of the Local Government Act, 1933.