§ Mr. MANVILLEasked the Prime Minister whether Sir George Gibb, previously the general manager of the North-Eastern Railway Company, has resigned the chairmanship of the Road Board in order to return to the service of that company; and whether it is his intention to appoint to the chairmanship of the Board someone who has practical knowledge of the problem of roads and road traffic, and who has the requisite capacity for carrying out the programme on the faith of which Parliament agreed in 1909 to his scheme for the establishment of the Road Board?
§ Mr. BALDWINSir George Gibb is continuing to act as Chairman of the Road Board until permanent arrangements can be decided upon as a result of the consideration by Parliament of the Bill for the establishment of a Ministry of Ways and Communications.