§ Mr. CHIOZZA MONEYasked the President of the Local Government Board, with reference to the grants just made to highway authorities by the Road Board, if he will state precisely what stipulations were made by the Board in pursuance of the policy dictated to them by Parliament of having regard to the condition of the labour market?
§ The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Burns)The advances which have been made and are being made to Highway Authorities by the Road Board are in the shape of contributions towards the cost of works of road improvement immediately required, and the Board, in considering Section 18 of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909, have not thought it desirable to withhold any grants on the ground that the works towards which they have been made would cause an excessive demand for labour at the present time.