§ MR. BRIGGI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the desirability of limiting the penalty for refusal to vaccinate to a maximum of 5s., including costs, as is now the case with regard to penalties payable by defaulting parents under the Education Act?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARDMy right honourable Friend has asked me to reply to this Question, and I have considered it, but the cases are by no means analogous; and I see no reason for taking the course suggested by the honourable Member.