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Upon the matter coming before the Council, the following resolution
was passed :—
That the Council do not concur in the opinion of the Committee
and that the Local Government Board be asked to require the
London County Council to formulate a scheme for re-housing the
persons displaced by the demolition of their homes for school
sites in the Borough.
Housing of the Working Classes Bill, 1913.
The following letter was submitted to the Public Health and Housing
Committee :—
London County Council,
County Hall,
Spring Gardens,
S.W.
29th July, 1913.
Sir,
The Housing of the Working Classes Committee of the Council
have had under consideration clause 8 of the Housing of the
Working Classes Bill, 1913, which was withdrawn after having
passed second reading in the House of Commons. The clause
reads as follows :—
" The London County Council may at any time make an
arrangement by agreement with the Council of any metropolitan
borough for the exercise by the County Council on
any occasion of any of the powers of the Council of the
metropolitan borough under Part II. of the principal Act,
subject to such terms and conditions as may be contained in
the agreement, and, subject thereto, for dealing with any
expenses incurred by the Council in the exercise of any such
powers as though they were expenses incurred by the County
Council under Part I. of the principal Act."
The powers referred to are those relating to closing and
demolition orders and the removal of obstructive buildings, and
presumably should be taken to include the provisions of sections
17 to 21 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, which
extends the powers of local authorities in this respect.
It appears to the Committee that the application of this
clause would be of great assistance to the Council in its administration
of the Housing of the Working Chsses Acts, and they propose
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