68. Brigadier-General SURTEESasked the Minister of Health whether his 35 attention has been called to the improper spending of money by the Edmondsley Parish Council to the extent of £1,135, the whole of which was incurred in various schemes and in unauthorised relief: and whether he will take steps to bring home to the chairman and councillors the fact that they cannot incur unauthorised expenditure without rendering themselves personally responsible?
Sir A. MONDI have received no information as to this case, except what I have derived from the Press report which my hon. and gallant Friend was good enough to send me. The accounts of the parish council will come before the district auditor, and the action to be taken must, I think, depend upon the result of his examination of these accounts.