§ MR. T. F. RICHARDS (Wolverhampton, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether municipal authorities who borrow money for the extension of their sewage farms will be permitted, out of such moneys, to pay their permanent staff for draining, excavating, and carting, for official and clerical assistance.
§ The hon. Member had also given notice of the following Question:—
§ To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether a borough or county council can use the moneys obtained by loan for the purpose of paying the regular carters who are engaged by them permanently to do the carting work of any undertaking they may have in hand.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSThe view taken by the Local Government Board is that payments of the kind referred to in both of these Questions cannot properly be made out of borrowed money.