§ MR. J. P. FARRELLTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that the Local Government Act of last session, binding public bodies to accept the lowest tender, provides for enforcement by the Local Government Board auditor, he will direct that the Local Government Board does not interfere in this branch of the auditor's business in future.
1795 (Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) It is not the practice of the Local Government Board to interfere with auditors in the discharge of their duties, except in the exercise of the Board's statutory duty of inquiring into and deciding upon appeals against surcharges.