§ MR. MANSFIELDI beg to ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the assistant overseer of Norden, Lancashire, in refusing to apply for a summons against the Rev. J. T. Wilkins, Congregational Minister of Tenterfield, Norden, and in threatening to strike him off the voters list; and, if so, will he state whether the assistant overseer is acting in accordance with his instructions; and, if not, will he take steps to see that the usual instructions to overseers in these matters are carried out.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.I have no information as to the case referred to, nor have I given any instructions with regard to it. It rests with the overseers to determine whether they will enforce payment of any sum which may be due from Mr. Wilkins in respect of poor rate, and I cannot undertake to interfere in the matter.