§ MR. HOWELLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether Mr. John Burnett, the Labour Correspondent to the Board of Trade, is appointed one of the Joint Secretaries to the Royal Commission on Labour; and whether, in 1320 view of the fact that the work of the Labour Bureau is much in arrear, the Reports for 1889 not having yet been issued, some substitute for Mr. Burnett, or temporary helper in that work, has been or is about to be appointed in that office?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH, Strand, Westminster)Mr. John Burnett, Labour Correspondent to the Board of Trade, has been appointed one of the Joint Secretaries to the Royal Commission on Labour, and the President of the Board of Trade will doubtless provide Mr. Burnett with assistance in the work of the Labour Bureau if it is found that he requires it.