§ SIR WILLIAM CROSSMAN (Portsmouth)asked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether, by sub-section 3, Clause 69, of the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill, it is intended that the accounts of those towns which are proposed to be dealt with as separate counties shall be audited by the District Auditors appointed by the Local Government Board?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Mr. RITCHIE) (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)Subsection 3, of Clause 69, is included in Part V. of the Local Government Bill, which relates to finance; and it will be seen from Clause 30 (5) that that part of the Bill will not apply to boroughs which are to be treated as separate counties, except so far as is expressly provided by that part. The accounts of boroughs which will be separate counties will not, therefore, be audited by auditors appointed by the Local Government Board.