§ MR. LOUIS SINCLAIR (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is aware that barbed wire has been used instead of proper fencing round the Wanstead Flats; and that a few months ago an inquest was held at East Ham on the body of a poor man who lost his life through having his hand pricked with the wire, poisoning supervening; and, as the Wanstead Flats is a playground for children during the summer, and thousands of people congregate on them in the holidays, whether he would have the barbed wire replaced by fencing which would not be so dangerous?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The Local Government Board have no authority whatever to give any directions as to the use of barbed wire in connection with fencing round the Wanstead Flats.