Mr. POINTERasked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mr. W. D. Elsam, vaccination officer for the Kingston-on-Thames Union, in sending out Form Q encloses therewith a form for reply, which makes no provision for the parent to intimate that he intends to make a declaration of conscientious objection to vaccination if he intends so to do; whether this form for reply has been issued by the Board or with their sanction; and, if not, whether he will cause its withdrawal, seeing that it does not cover the facility open to parents under the Vaccination Act, 1907?
§ Mr. BURNSI have seen the form referred to. It is not prescribed or sanctioned by the Local Government Board, and I think its use is open to the objection referred to by the hon. Member. I am informing the guardians accordingly.