§ VISCOUNT FOLKESTONEasked the President of the Board of Trade, If there is in existence a Treasury Minute which orders that an official receiver, under the Bankruptcy Act of last Session, shall not be allowed to hold or accept any political agency; and, whether that Treasury Minute continues and is intended to continue in force?
§ MR. CHAMBERLAINI am not aware that there is any Treasury Minute dealing with the holding of a political agency by an Official Receiver in Bankruptcy; but in December last a Minute was issued by the Board of Trade setting out the conditions attached to the office of Official Receiver, and one of the conditions is as follows:—
An Official Receiver appointed in pursuance of this Minute will not be allowed, either by himself or his partner, to engage in any private business or practice connected with bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, nor may he accept any political agency: but in so far as is consistent with the due discharge of the duties of his office, and except as otherwise determined by the Act and Rules or by Regulations issued by the Board of Trade, he will not be precluded from engaging in other business.