Oral Answers to Questions — Parish Council Elections (Cost)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 December 1949.

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Photo of Mr Edwin Gooch Mr Edwin Gooch , Norfolk Northern 12:00, 8 December 1949

Does my right hon. Friend appreciate that it is rather disturbing to parish councils to discover that they have spent the whole of their yearly income on an election, and will he consider the possibility of passing on some suggestion to parish councils who desire to continue this democratic form of election to reduce the cost of the election?