§ Sir ALFRED YEOasked the President of the Local Government Board whether the appointment of the new medical officer of the Local Government Board as an assistant secretary to the Board has been confirmed; and, if not, in view of the fact that he will probably be transferred to the Ministry of Health when it is constituted, the confirmation of such appoint- 1092W ment will be withheld until the House has had an opportunity of considering the advisability of varying the rule by which the position of the professional and administrative advisers of the Departments of State have invariably been separately held?
§ Dr. ADDISONI presume that the hon. Member's question refers to the appointment of Sir George Newman as chief medical officer of the Board; that officer has not been appointed assistant secretary to the Board as the question seems to imply, nor is that intended. The second part of the question, therefore, does not arise.