The Local Government Board.

HC Deb 18 February 1907 vol 169 cc554-5

MR. BOTTOMLEY (Hackney, S.)

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether the Board has ever met; and, if so, whether he will state the date of the last meeting.

MR. JOHN BURNS

No, Sir. I understand that there has never been a meeting of the Local Government Board.

MR. BOTTOMLEY

Would the right hon. Gentleman have any objection to say of whom or of what the Local Government Board consists?

MR. JOHN BURNS

It consists of the President, the Lord President of the Council, the five principal Secretaries of State, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

MR. BOTTOMLEY

Will the right hon. Gentlemen take into consideration the expediency of at once convening a meeting of his Board?

MR. JOHN BURNS

Not if I can possibly avoid it.