§ MR. CORRANCEasked the President of the Local Government Board, in consequence of a letter recently issued from the Local Government Board respecting the appointment of Inspectors and Health Officers, Whether it is the intention of the Local Government Board to issue any general instructions to the local authorities concerning their appointments, indicating with greater precision the intention of the Local Government Board to disallow subventions, or to prohibit certain appointments?
§ MR. STANSFELD,in reply, said, he was not aware of the letter to which the hon. Gentleman referred, and he did not think it would be desirable to issue any further general instructions more precise or more rigid than those which had been for some time issued with regard to the appointment of medical officers and inspectors. The policy of the Local Government Board was not to tie the hands of the local authorities by minute restrictions, but to consider each case on its own merits, and to spare neither time nor patience in discussing with the local authorities what might be best for their own interest. If his hon. Friend wished to move for any letters which had been issued he would be happy to lay them on the Table.