§ MR. FORWOOD (Lancashire, Ormskirk)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, when selecting Mr. James Sexton as the Correspondent of the Board of Trade in Liverpool, in regard to the opinions of the artizans and labourers in that city, he was aware of the extreme views which that gentleman entertains as to the ownership of property by private individuals, the limitation of individual incomes, and the collective ownership of all means of production, as reported in theLiverpool Courier of 9th March; and whether the Reports of Labour Correspondents will be published by the Board of Trade as the opinions of themselves individually, or as representing the views of the working classes?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI have no knowledge personally of Mr. Sexton's alleged opinions. The Local Correspondents of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade have been selected without reference to their political and economic opinions for the sole purpose of supplying information on specific points; and the Labour Gazette will publish facts of interest to workmen, and not the opinions held either by Local Correspondents or by any classes of the community.
§ MR. FORWOODAre these Correspondents to receive any remuneration?
§ MR. MUNDELLACertainly; from £15 to £20 a year, according to the work they have to perform.