§ DR. AMBROSE (Mayo, W.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board could he say how many labourers have been discharged by the Hampstead Borough Council within the past twelve months; and could he say what amount, if any, has been saved to the ratepayers by such discharges.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The only information I have on the subject is to the effect that, as from the end of March, the staff of workmen employed by the borough council was reduced by the discharge of twenty-four men, and that the wages of those men amounted to £34 per week.