MR. PAGETasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he is prepared to present to the House, during the present Session, any Annual Statement of Local Finance; and, if so, when he proposes to do so?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, he had been in communication with the President of the Local Government Board, but he was not at present able to say in what form 1123 it would be most convenient that the statement should be made. He hoped, however, that it would be made before the Budget.