§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSH (Inverness-shire)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is to be understood that all Civil servants of the Crown, including supervisors, collectors, and preventive men in the Excise, are prohibited from taking an active part, as canvassers, committee men, or otherwise, in connection with municipal, school, and parochial board elections in Scotland?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)Under existing Regulations, neither Civil servants nor officers of Excise are prohibited from taking an active part in municipal, school, and parochial board elections in Scotland.