§ MR. FLOWER (Bradford, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he could give the number of boards of guardians who have signified their intention of putting into force the provisions of the Poor Law Act, 1899, and how many children have been adopted under the Act.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. CHAPLIN, Lincolnshire, Sleaford)The Local Government Board have no information on this subject. The usual course would be for a board of guardians to avail themselves of the powers of the Act when occasion arose for the exercise of those powers, and it would not be necessary for them to signify beforehand any intention of putting the Act in force.