§ MR. WOOD (Glasgow, St. Rollox)To ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that a surcharge has been made upon certain members of the Glasgow Parish Council for having 1508 voted extra diet on New Year's Day to the pauper inmates of the Barnhall Poorhouse and Stobhill Hospital; and whether he will undertake to look into the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) Under the Law of Scotland the expenditure was illegal. The parish council authorised the expenditure in the knowledge of this, which was expressly brought under their notice by the clerk of the parish council; and, on the payment being reported for surcharge at the audit, the Local Government Board did not feel justified in exercising their power of refraining from surcharge.