§ MAJOR RASCHI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board when the Beer Poisoning Commission Report will be presented. I beg also to ask the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will state when the Report of the Commission on Arsenical Poisoning in beer will be in the hands of Members.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (MR. GRANT LAWSON,) Yorkshire, N.R., ThirskI am informed that the Commission will shortly finish taking evidence, and will then prepare their final report; but I cannot at present say when it will be presented.
§ MR. GROVES (Salford, S)May I ask if the hon. Gentleman, in view of the importance of getting a satisfactory assurance that the brewing materials are now pure, will advise the Commission to issue an interim report.
§ MR. J. GRANT LAWSONNo, Sir; that would be most unusual.