§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he has any objection to communicating to the Guardians, or the Sheffield Press, the Report of the Inspector as to the division of the township into wards for the election of Guardians of the Poor, for the satisfaction of the ratepayers concerned?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. H. H. FOWLER,) Wolverhampton, E.The Reports made to the Local Government Board by their Inspectors in cases such as that referred to are confidential, and I cannot furnish copies to the Guardians or the Press. The responsibility for the decision in cases like the present one rests exclusively with the Local Government Board.