§ Mr. CAVEasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he has received a communication from the Richmond Trades and Labour Council referring to a claim on the part of a tenant of one of the municipal dwellings at Richmond for compensation for damage caused by the fall of his kitchen ceiling; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BURNSI have received communications from the Richmond Trades and Labour Council on this subject, and have been in correspondence with the Town Council in regard to it. The claim for compensation, however, is not a matter with respect to which I have any jurisdiction, and I have informed the Trades and Labour Council that I have no power to intervene with regard to it.