§ 37. Mr. RAMSAY MACDONALDasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to a complaint made by the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives regarding the sanitary condition of Barnwell, Leicestershire, as is shown by the sickness rate under the National Insurance Act; and whether the Local Government Board is taking any action in the matter?
§ Mr. BURNSI have received the complaint referred to with regard to the sanitary condition of Barnwell, and I am in correspondence with the rural district council on the subject.