§ MR. BRIGHT (Shropshire, Oswestry)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he proposes to issue an Order to carry out the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Workhouse Accounts of 1903, with a view to the simplification of keeping these accounts.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have dealt with some of the matters referred to in the Report of the Committee, but with regard to the forms of account I am not at present in a position to issue an Order on the subject. I have recently received some observations from the Association of Poor Law Unions on the recommendations of the Committee, and some important 1320 suggestions with regard to the books and forms which should be prescribed. The representations of the Association are now under consideration.