§ MR. HANDEL COSSHAM (Bristol, E.)asked the President of the Local Government Board whether gentlemen in Government employ, and in receipt of salaries from the State, are eligible for County Councillors or Aldermen?
§ * THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. RITCHIE,) Tower Hamlets, St. George's-in-the-EastThe fact that a person is in Government employ, and in receipt of salary from the State, does not render him legally ineligible for the office of County Councillor or County Alderman. With regard to the view of the Government on the question whether members of the Civil Service should be permitted to become candidates for County Councillors, I can only refer the hon. Member to the reply which was given by the First Lord of the Treasury to a question on this subject on the 6th of December last.