§ MR. E. H. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the Report of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of London, from which it appears that Mr. Hart, a member of the Common Council, received two amounts of £25 each from Mr. Berger, a professor in the Guildhall School of Music, in respect of promoting the election of Mr. Cummings to the Principalship of the said School of Music, an office in the appointment of the Common Council; and that Mr. Cummings, after his appointment, recouped to Mr. Berger the sum of £50 so paid by him to Mr. Hart; and whether the Director of Public Prosecutions has investigated or will investigate the case with a view to determine whether he will apply to the Attorney General for his consent to commence a criminal prosecution, under Section 1 of the Public Bodies' Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, against all or any of the parties implicated in these transactions?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI have seen a newspaper report of the matters referred to, and will call the attention of the Attorney General, who is responsible for proceedings under the Act of 1889, to them.