§ 19. Mr. JAMES PARKERasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the Rural District Council of Torrington were required by the Board to appoint a whole-time inspector of nuisances; if so, will he state the increase of salary given to the officer so appointed on the salary paid to the officer employed part-time, also the total amount of the salary now paid; whether the officer has to pay his own travelling expenses out of his salary; and whether, where a local sanitary authority, in complying with the request of the Board to appoint a whole-time inspector of nuisances, refuses to pay at least £100 per annum, clear of travelling expenses, he will consider the advisability of preventing a moiety of the salary being refunded to such authority by withholding the Board's consent to the appointment?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe Local Government Board in August last requested the Torrington Rural District Council to consider the question of arranging for their inspector of nuisances to give his whole time to their service at an adequate salary. The council appointed the inspector as a whole-time officer in November, at a total salary of £80, which was £8 in advance of his previous salary, and he has to pay his travelling expenses out of his salary. The Board, in giving their assent to the appointment, informed the council that they considered the salary a low one, especially as no allowance was made for travelling expenses, and they trusted that the council would take an early opportunity of reconsidering it. I am again drawing the council's attention to the matter.