§ MR. LUPTONI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will treat the publication by a qualified medical man of an opinion adverse to vaccination as a bar to his appointment as medical officer of health, as was done in the Penge district council case in April, 1901; and, if the Answer be in the affirmative, will he state how he proposes to safeguard the free expression of scientific opinion by medical officers of health.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI could not give a general Answer on the point referred to in the first part of the Question. If it comes before me in any particular case, I shall be prepared to consider it.