§ 53. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to the meeting of the Hampton District Council (Middlesex) on the 11th instant, which broke up in disorder owing to the refusal of a German member to abstain from attendance; and whether he can take steps to prevent Englishmen being compelled to sit on local authorities side by side with Germans?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELMy attention has been drawn to a newspaper paragraph which relates to this incident. With regard to the latter part of the question, I may say that aliens are disqualified for being members of any local authority.