§ SIR JOHN ROLLESTON (Leicester)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has decided to apply to the Court of King's Bench for leave to intervene in the case of Moore v. Keyte in that Court, which raises the question of the control of Boards of Guardians over their servant the vaccination officer, and should leave be granted to instruct the Law Officers of the Crown to argue for the Justices in support of the opinion of the Local Government Board; whether the assent of the Treasury is necessary, and has been obtained, for this expenditure; and whether, in order to secure the complete argument of the case in the interests of all Boards of Guardians, he is willing to recommend to the Treasury that pecuniary assistance for retaining the necessary counsel be afforded to the appellant Moore, a working man, or whether the Local Government Board will sanction the outlay necessary for that purpose by the Board or Boards of Guardians interested in the question.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. GRANT LAWSON, Yorkshire, N.B., Thirsk)The answer to the first point is in the affirmative, and to the second in the negative. With regard to the last point, I understand that the appellant in the case referred to is supported by the local Anti-Vaccination Society. I could not undertake to adopt the course suggested by my hon. friend.