§ MR. W. H. LONG (Liverpool, West Derby)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that the Executive Committee of the County Councils Association has ex- 1105 pressed the opinion that the office of Valuer is a place of profit under the County Council, and that persons accepting the appointment will be disqualified from acting as County Councillors on the County Council appointing them; if so, has the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown been taken on this point; and, if that opinion accords with that of the Executive Committee above named, will the Government take steps to remove the disqualification?
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREI was not aware of the opinion stated to have been given by the Executive Committee of the County Councils Association; and the Local Government Board have not taken the opinion of the Law Officers on the point. Assuming that a Valuer is disqualified, I could not undertake to propose legislation for the purpose of removing the disqualification.