§ MR. VERNEY (Buckinghamshire, N.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state when the Order in Council will be issued under Section 6 (1) of the Finance Act, 1908.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The Order in Council has been made and will shortly be published. A circular letter will be issued by the Board, as soon as practicable, forwarding copies of the Order to councils of counties and county boroughs, and explaining the scheme embodied in it.