§ COLONEL HOWARD VINCENTI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, if he is aware that several of the local authorities in London are employing foreign workmen in paving the thoroughfares under their control with a substance peculiarly dangerous to horse traffic in a damp climate; and, if he will issue a circular to the vestries and other bodies pointing out that the best means of relieving the serious distress arising from want of employment lies in the engagement of British labour?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, Bradford, Central)The Local Government Board have no information whatever on the subject referred to in the question. It is within the discretion of the local authorities in London to decide as to the material which they will use in paving the roads, and as to the workmen which they deem it necessary to employ in laying down the material decided upon. The Board have no authority to interfere in the matter.