§ MR. BENN (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to a letter in the newspapers, in which Mr. II. Homewood Crawford, a member of the Royal Commission on the Unification of London, resigns his position, and charges his brother Commissioners with imposing unnecessary and unreasonable conditions on the Corporation, and with failing to give due consideration to the important interests involved in the reference to the Commission; whether it is usual for a Royal Commissioner in resigning his post to make reflections on the fairness of his colleagues; and whether Mr. Crawford's retirement will in any way affect the work of the Commission?
§ MR. H. H. FOWLERI have seen the letter from Mr. Crawford tendering his resignation as one of the Royal Commissioners on the Unification of London. It forms no part of my duty to express any opinion as to the statements which Mr. Crawford has made in his letter to the Chairman of the Commission. Mr. Crawford's retirement will not affect the work of the Commission.