§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state in whose name the account books devised after the passing of the Local Government Act are registered or copyrighted; in whose name the account books required by the Public Bodies Order, 1904, are registered or copyrighted; whether any profits have accrued, or will accrue, in either case to any official of the Local Government Board; and when the copyright in the first set of account books expired.
†See page 337.
§ MR. WALTER LONGI have already informed the hon. Member that the prescribed forms of account have not been copyrighted. If any forms have been copyrighted by a member of the Local Government Board's staff, the Board have no cognisance of the fact. Such forms are not the prescribed forms, and there is no obligation on local bodies to use them.
§ MR. MACVEAGHWhy were the copyrighting facilities given to Dr. Ellis refused to the clerk to the county council?
§ MR. WALTER LONGsaid he knew nothing as to that.
§ MR. MACVEAGHWill the right hon. Gentleman give me a straight answer—has he asked Dr. Ellis if he is deriving any royalties privately from the sale of these books?
§ MR. WALTER LONGIn view of the Answer I have given it was not necessary to put such a Question to him.
§ MR. MACVEAGHThe whole transaction is a public fraud.