§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he proposes to so amend The Local Government Act, 1888, as to place in the hands of the County Council the control of the expenditure now exclusively controlled by the Standing Joint Committee.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI have lately received representations from one or two county councils on this subject, but am not in a position to promise legislation with regard to it at the present time