MR. KEIR BARDIE (West Ham, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can now state the extent of the powers possessed by Boards of Guardians for setting able-bodied destitute persons to work on land, and in a productive capacity, and paying them reasonable wages therefor; and whether such employment necessarily implies disfranchisement?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERI am not yet in a position to answer that question.