§ *MR.WARR (Liverpool, East Toxteth)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether arrangements could be made whereby the Statutory Inspection Committee of Trustee Savings Banks should have an opportunity of considering regulations proposed with regard to Trustee 1336 Savings Banks before such regulations are laid before Parliament.
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)If the hon. Member is referring to the Trustee Savings Banks Regulations laid on the Table of the House on the 28th May last, I may explain that they were made by the Treasury under Section 2 of the Savings Bank Acts of 1887 (50 and 51 Vict., c. 40), which requires certain regulations for the Post Office Savings Banks to be extended to Trustee Savings Banks. No functions or duties of the Inspection Committee are affected by those alterations, and it did not appear necessary to consult that body formally in the matter.