§ MR. H. HOBHOUSE (Somerset, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if it will be necessary, notwithstanding the passing of the new Local Government Act, for the Parish Vestries to appoint new Overseers and Highway Surveyors to hold office till next November; and if the Local Government Board intend shortly to issue Circulars instructing the various Local Authorities as to their powers and duties under the new Act?
§ * MR. SHAW LEFEVREMy answer to the hon. Member for South Norfolk deals with the first point in this question. As regards the second, the Local Government Board have issued Circulars to Boards of Guardians, Urban Sanitary Authorities, and Highway Authorities explaining the position of matters as regards elections in the current year. The Board are preparing other Circulars, which will be issued very shortly.
§ SIR C. W. DILKEThe words "till November" are used, but will not the officers now to be appointed hold office till March next?
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREI must ask for notice of that.