§ 94. Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the President of the Local Government Board if there is any recognised scheme of defining the qualifications of applicants and of examining such persons when making the appointments of inspectors and other officials charged with the duty of consulting with various local authorities in respect of housing and town planning, and whether a list of all such inspectors and officials may be issued to show the date of their appointment, the previous occupation of each gentleman prior to accepting the offer of the Local Government Board, and the present salary and allowances attached to each appointment?
§ Major ASTORThe qualifications and experience of all candidates for appointment as local commissioners, architects, and inspectors have been carefully considered by a special Committee, under the chairmanship of the Director-General for Housing, who have interviewed a large number of applicants and made recommendations to my right hon. Friend. A statement of the qualifications of the gentlemen appointed as commissioners was circulated in reply to a question put by the Noble Lord the Member for the Aldershot Division. My right hon. Friend will also be glad to circulate a similar statement regarding the architects and inspectors who have been appointed, and to send the hon. Member a copy.