Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Local Government – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 1960.
No proposal is before us, but the Orpington Urban District Council has been told that, if planning permission is obtained, my right hon. Friend will be prepared to entertain an application under Section 1 of the Cremation Act, 1952. He knows that objections have been made and has asked the Kent County Council to tell him its views before taking a decision. He will then consider whether this is a case on which he should decide the planning issues himself after a public inquiry.