§ Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report as to the statutory and other conditions limiting the periods for repayment of loans raised by local authorities in England and Wales, whether any relaxation of such conditions is desirable, and whether uniformity of practice can be secured in this matter.
468§ The Committee was accordingly nominated of Mr. Bill, Mr. Brigg, Captain Donelan, Mr. William Jones,. Mr. John Hutton, Mr. Heywood John-stone, Mr. Law, Mr. Grant Lawson, Mr. A. K. Loyd, Mr. M'Crae, Mr. Charles Murray, Mr. Nannetti, Sir Albert Rollit, Mr. Runciman, and Mr. Wodehouse.
§ Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, Papers and Records.
§ Ordered, that five be the quorum.—(Sir William Walrond.)
§ Adjourned at half after Twelve, o'clock.