Mr. T. WILSONasked the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that the Datchet Co-Partnership Housing and Allotment Society is evading the provisions of the Rent Restriction Acts by compelling its tenants to pay a substantial contribution to the funds of the society in addition to the ordinary rent if they take a lodger?
§ Mr. HAYES FISHERI have no information on the subject. The matter is not within the jurisdiction of the Local Government Board, and would seem to involve a point of law which could only be determined authoritatively by the Courts.