§ Mr. LONSDALEasked the Chief Secretary, whether he will notify to local authorities in Ireland the fact that the Local Government Board are adverse to local sanitary officers engaging in work of a political character; and whether, having regard to the possibility of an abuse of power by an official who is also a political registration agent, he will bring to the notice of the Local Government Board the desirability of issuing an order prohibiting local officials from acting as party agents for registration purposes?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Local Government Board have no authority to issue a general order prohibiting local officials from acting as registration agents.